Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 1996-97

Helps find, identify and clear landmines. This yearbook offers technical information on mines and booby traps, and on the latest demining techniques and equipment. It covers more than 200 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines in detail, each entry highlighting vital information under headings: description, operation, neutralization, disarming, specifications, compatibility, origin, countries of use, method of employment, and photographs and cutaway diagrams. There is a separate section on demining equipment, describing the generic types available, along with their advantages and disadvantages. It also gives a view of demining procedures for dealing with different types of minefield, plus an analysis of how demining units are organized with a quick-reference table showing the detectability of each mine, using common types of detection equipment. Also available on EIS and CD-ROM format.