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Detection of Explosives and Landmines

Methods and Field Experience

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Hiltmar Schubert

    1. Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT), Pfinztal, Germany

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  2. Andrey Kuznetsov

    1. V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 66)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Chemical methods for the detection of mines and explosives

    • M. Krausa, H. Massong, P. Rabenecker, H. Ziegler
    Pages 1-19

  3. Concept of a Combined Mobile Device for Explosives and Landmines Identification Based on Timed Neutron Source and Electromagnetic UHF Waves

    • A. Kuznetsov
    Pages 21-32

  4. Detection of Nanogram Amounts of Explosives

    • Boris Vetlický
    Pages 33-37

  5. Humanitarian demining: sensor design and signal processing aspects

    • M. Acheroy, P. Verlinde
    Pages 39-56

  6. Electro-Optical Land Mine Detection

    • Ingo Schwaetzer
    Pages 57-57

  7. Decision-Taking Procedure for Explosives Detection by Nuclear Technique

    • D. N. Vakhtin, A. V. Evsenin, A. V. Kuznetsov, O. I. Osetrov, M. D. Zubkov
    Pages 59-67

  8. Detection of Explosive Vapours in Ambient Air by Ion Nonlinear Drift Spectrometry Method

    • Igor. A. Buryakov
    Pages 69-75

  9. Trace detection of components emanating from hidden explosives

    • Peter Kolla
    Pages 77-81

  10. Landmine Detection with an Electronic Nose Mounted on an Airship

    • J. Goschnick, M. Harms
    Pages 83-91

  11. Detection of Semtex Plastic Explosives

    • Petr Mostak, Miroslav Stancl
    Pages 93-102

  12. HPM/IR Detection of Landmines: Review and Update

    • J. S. Seregelyi, S. M. Khanna, R. Apps, M. Boyle, F. Paquet
    Pages 103-124

  13. The Operational Experience and Prospect of Development of the Devices for Detection of Explosive Substances by the Thermal Neutron Radiation Analysis Method

    • Olshansky Y. I., Filippov S. G., Kyzyurov V. S., Laykin A. I.
    Pages 125-131

  14. Characterization of chemical sensors for the detection of explosives — development of standards

    • Gerhard Holl
    Pages 133-136

  15. Explosives Localisation and Pre-Identification Based on UHF Electromagnetic Waves

    • V. P. Averianov, A. S. Vishneveski, I. B. Vorobiov, M. D. Zubkov, A. V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 137-146

  16. A Neutron-Gamma Method and Apparatus for Detection and Identification of Hidden Objects in Brick (Concrete) Walls

    • Mikhail N. Chubarov
    Pages 147-153

  17. Practical Issues in Manual Demining: Implications for New Detection Technologies

    • James Trevelyan
    Pages 155-164

  18. Technology and the Landmine Problem: Practical Aspects of Mine Clearance Operations

    • James Trevelyan
    Pages 165-184

  19. The High Efficiency Complex for Detection of Landmines

    • A. I. Karev, V. G. Raevsky, J. A. Konyaev, A. S. Rumyantsev, R. R. Iliutschenko
    Pages 185-193

  20. Detection of anti-personnel landmines using microwave radiometry techniques

    • Markus Peichl, Stephan Dill, Helmut Süß
    Pages 195-198
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About this book

This ARW is the third NATO-sponsored workshop on Explosives Detection and Humanitarian Demining. The previous events were • Detection and Destruction of Anti-Personnel Landmines Moscow, 1997 • Explosives Detection and Decontamination of the Environment Prague, 1997. Over the last decade applied research in Humanitarian Demining has made progress to some extend, but according to the tremendous tasks of Demining and the lack of scientific methods for practical detection of explosive devices, research activities are still of the same importance than ever before. Concerning countermeasures against terrorism the detection of explosives is one of the keyfactors, but the practical applications are not sufficient solved. An international exchange of research results are therefore urgent, to find out the most promising measures for application. The coincidence of this ARW and the terrible disaster of New York and Washington may demonstrate the importance of this task. In consequence the explosive device detection technologies can make a major contribution to collective, family and individual security. In developed countries, these technologies provide a strong deterrent and preventative measure against terrorist threats. In less developed regions, they can improve individual, institutional and state security, lessening the insecurity that motivates many terrorists acts. The elimination of landmine threats is just one of many ways of achieving this. However our attempts to meet the extremely difficult technical challenges posed by landmine and UXO contamination are inevitably leading us to new technological approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT), Pfinztal, Germany

    Hiltmar Schubert

  • V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Andrey Kuznetsov

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