RE: Mine Probing

At 9:42 AM +1000 10/1/02, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
>G'day,
>
>Another question while we're on the topic of mines. Can any current (or
>potential future) mine types explode when something is just within x
radius
>instead of right on top? I was talking with a South African friend of
mine
>how's worked with the species of rat they're using to do the mine stuff
and

You could use all sorts of different detonation functions. As John 
mentioned already, theres an italian mine designed to go off it metal 
is poked near it like a bayonet. I'm sure a big vehicle or AFV would 
set one off.

I have to wonder how you'd build into a mine a self defense mode for 
dealing with well trained critters. You don't want it to go off 
because some random water rat walks past your mine. So how do you 
tell the difference between a civilian rat and a military rat?
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