Landmines, booby traps and tripwires — the hidden threats covering one-third of Ukraine
"They are scattered throughout fields, forests and buried under roads. They have even been hidden in stuffed toys, washing machines, or attached to dead bodies as booby traps."
Over the past eight weeks, landmine-clearance charity HALO Trust found about 5,000 mines around Mykolaiv, the closest inland city to the dam. (Reuters: Viktoriia Lakezina)
The Ukrainian conflict is an important reminder that landmines are still a modern issue, and new technology is required to speed up clearance efforts. MRead is working on addressing this challenge, by developing our MR technology to deliver new detection capabilities for mine clearance.
Read the ABC news article by Annika Burgess here
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