Comments on: Fighting land mines with darts

Naval researchers have a plan for spraying minefields with thousands of small projectiles as a way to clear a safe path for troops.

[densbtly]

'bureaucratic back and forth'

Would part of that 'bureaucratic back and forth' actually be 'concern' that if we explode a precision guided bomb over a 60 foot circle, and out bursts a gazilion little projectiles, (once called 'shrapnel') that can penetrate a yard of packed sand... the effect on the poor schmo that happened to walk into the 60 foot area after the bomb was deployed..... would be ????

[Whatsizface]

The poor schmo...

is probably the guy planting the mines in the first place. Turning him into a gazillion little projectiles would be a good thing, don't you think?

We know where these mine fields are. There are usually signs marking them. I'm sure that clearing a 60 foot circle of people wouldn't be an issue.

Whatsizface

[twotall610]

Now I know

Now I know where all of those "Yard Darts" are being used.

[jmetzger]

what about gpr

darts ...ouch

What about groundpenetrating radar...mounted on helicopters with a gyroscope base, or small airships????