Wednesday, February 13, 2008

NGOs to receive new mine detectors

Thanks to Ares, a recent article in Financial Times Deutschland indicates that the American Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System will be available to NGOs in Afghanistan.

The HSTMIDS looks like a standard metal detector but takes multisensor approach with stand-off alerting to mines out to 10 meters.

Sources: As cited
Photo: US Army

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