World: Water pistol 'safer way to find and destroy landmines'. 08:28 ET - Ananova [NewsBlip.com]
OK, so far today we have bees that can detect explosives, as well as water pistols to find and destroy mines. Next up, if we can use either horseshoes or lawn darts to destroy the mines that we have targeted, we'll have a triumverate of summer picnic items that have been converted to mine removal.
Seriously though, use a potato gun mounted on a Jeep it to target the mines that the bees find. A cheap, low tech solution to the problem. Wrap the barrel of the gun in gauze and rubber cement to minimize the chance of injuring the shooter, and you have a cheap, disposable weapon system for dealing with mines.
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