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As a result of local wars and terrorist action about 100–120 millions of landmines have been laid on territories of 64 countries. Every week 600–800 people become victims of the mines, most of them being women and children. Besides, these mine-contaminated areas are excluded from the local economy. This is the reason why the Unite Nations have included humanitarian demining into the list of most important international problems. The UN has also issued Standards for humanitarian mine clearance; the main requirement is: demining 20 cm deep with 99.6% probability [UN (1996)].
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Karev, A.I., Raevsky, V.G., Konyaev, J.A., Rumyantsev, A.S., Iliutschenko, R.R. (2002). The High Efficiency Complex for Detection of Landmines. In: Schubert, H., Kuznetsov, A. (eds) Detection of Explosives and Landmines. NATO Science Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0397-1_18
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