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EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL - EOD (2) answer(s).
 
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Explosive ordnance disposal and decommissioning: thinking outside the box / Nitschke, Stefan   Journal Article
Nitschke, Stefan Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract The process of EOD, UXO, and decommissioning is slow, expensive, and dangerous. Well-experienced personnel, mission-oriented tactics, and advanced equipment are needed to remove either landmines or improvised explosives from often difficult terrain. The great challenge is to reduce the time it takes them to find, identify, eliminate or decommission dangerous explosives in a responsible manner. This is a principle that is shared by many nations, also requiring sophisticated industrial demilitarisation capabilities.
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Taking mines seriously: mine warfare in China's near seas / Truver, Scott C   Journal Article
Truver, Scott C Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract A mine is a terrible thing that waits. The easy way is always mined. Any ship can be a minesweeper-once. Sea mines and the need to counter them have been constants for the U.S. Navy since the earliest days of the Republic. In January 1778, patriot David Bushnell used floating kegs of gunpowder fitted with contact firing mechanisms to attack a British fleet anchored in the Delaware River above Philadelphia. Four British sailors died trying to retrieve the kegs-an early example of the challenges of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) against an unknown threat-but the ships were unscathed. Since that uncertain beginning, mines and mine countermeasures (MCM) have figured prominently in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, both world wars, Korea, Vietnam, numerous Cold War crises, and Operations DESERT STORM and IRAQI FREEDOM.
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