How hard would it be to develop a landmine with a finite shelf life? Six months, say.
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“How hard would it be to develop a landmine with a finite shelf life? Six months, say.”
The US has developed self destructing landmines. Self-destructing mines blow themselves up after a given period of time. For U.S. mines, that period could be as little as 4 hours, or could be as much as 15 days. The new types of mines that the United States will develop will have remote control capabilities so they can be blown up on command. Self-deactivation is a back up method, where the battery in the mine gradually loses its charge, eventually causing the mine mechanisms to become incapable of operating.
Countries like Burma who use landmines to terrorize civilians have no reason to use self destructing mines.