2007-07-03 19:33:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You've been watching too many movies.
2007-07-03 19:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by John T 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually under the Geneva Convention, the military are required to sign-post record where their minefields are laid, the fact in Vietnam and Congo, the Falklands and Bosnia to name but a few, that either these rules were not followed, or with time the terrain has overgrown the markers or the original maps and the minefield layers were killed in the war.
Droping bombs is not a guaranteed way to destroy mines, thousands of unexploded shells, bombs, etc still litter the battlefields of the globe.
Every year in Belgium between 2-5 Belgium bomb disposal experts are killed by items from WW1!!!
2007-07-05 14:10:45 · answer #2 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Concussion doesn't set all mines off, its more expensive in the long run than EOD personnel doing the clearing manually.
2007-07-04 02:37:34 · answer #3 · answered by Army Retired Guy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they would if they knew where there are.
They don't plant land mines and put up signs that say 'land mines here, watch your foot.'
2007-07-04 02:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whose land mines?
2007-07-04 02:41:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
because they don't know where they are
2007-07-04 04:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by King Of Battle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋