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Re: Mine Probing

From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:03:03 -0400
Subject: Re: Mine Probing

At 8:51 PM +0200 10/7/02, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
>
>Which is fine, but still begs the question of how dependable the
>self-destruct mechanism is. 90%, 99%, 99,9% ? Multiply by the number of
>scattered mines and see how many don't self-destruct.

Not just mines, last I heard IPDMS rounds have enough of a failure 
rate on the detonators that the zones that they've covered are 
considered danger areas.
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