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“Anti-vehicle mines” are rally anti-tank mines, and as such:

1. They require tons of pressure to detonate; it’s adjusted for a tank, not ordinary car, and

2. They don’t end up in unexpected places - they are placed on the roads, and thus are easy to find and detonate.




Any truck or bus has higher road pressure than a tank, because wheels footprint is much smaller than that of a tank tracks.

A very quick search also proves that deaths from anti-vehicle mines number at thousands each year. Even on the very UN website [1] we read:

> The Secretary-General calls on all countries to also regulate the use of anti-vehicle landmines. Such weapons continue to cause many casualties, often civilian. They restrict the movement of people and humanitarian aid, make land unsuitable for cultivation, and deny citizens access to water, food, care and trade.

I believe we can safely assume that anti-vehicle landmines DO pose a deadly threat to civilians.

[1]: https://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Landmines/


Huh, I’ve learned something, thank you!


Earthquakes and landslides still can happen. I wonder if some of those could be still activated eventually in the middle of a different emergency




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