Land Mine System - Detection and neutralization

Authors:

  • Sarholm Lena
  • Kjellström Ann
  • Wanhatalo Marita
  • Menning Dennis
  • Holmgren Erik
  • Woldegiorgis Andreas
  • Brantlind Mona
  • Ek Stefan
  • Berglind Rune

Publish date: 2005-01-01

Report number: FOI-R--1642--SE

Pages: 82

Written in: Swedish

Abstract

This document is the final report from the project "Land mine systems - detection and neutralisation" and gives a short description of the work performed therein between 2000 and 2004. At first, a brief summary of the work is given, where the benefits for the client and some perspectives for the future. Furthermore, the history of mine systems, the mine threat in the world, detection and methods for chemical trace analysis of explosives from mines and other munitions, migration studies, bacterial biosensors, degradable energetic materials and neutralisation methods.