Ukrainian technicians from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine – using a remote-controlled de-mining vehicle as to remove unexploded munitions in fields – in the Kherson Oblast.
Ukrainian technicians from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine – using a remote-controlled de-mining vehicle as to remove unexploded munitions in fields – in the Kherson Oblast.
Twitter – @MVS_UA
Піротехніки ДСНС України продовжують розмінування на Херсонщині
Разом із фахівцями працюють і машини механізованого розмінування — техніка, яка значно пришвидшує та робить безпечнішими ці надважливі процеси.
Кожен метр очищеної землі — це крок до відновлення життя в регіоні.
(Translated from Ukrainian)
Technicians of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine continue demining in the Kherson Oblast.
Working alongside the specialists are mechanized demining machines, a technique that significantly speeds up and makes these crucial processes safer.
Every meter of cleared land is a step towards restoring life in the region.
I hope that the Ukrainians are careful about monitoring the performance of this approach. Past experience with earlier versions of this sort of machine have been disappointing. The machines were easily damaged and took a long time and a lot of money to repair. They left a lot of undetonated mines and ordinance. They damaged some of what it left, and churned it deeper into the ground or into unexpected positions, making it more difficult to apply more thorough demining approaches. The Ukrainians will need good information on the performance of these machines to make good decisions about whether or not to procure more – and to resist pressure, if the performance is poor, from the sales teams and lobbyists of the machine’s manufacturers.
As in combat, robotics will be a blessing when the conflict is over.
Hopefully, they begin to export this expertise to other countries that were also plagues by war.
If we just continue to support Ukraine, they have the ingenuity to demine and rebuild their country. Most countries plagued by remaining mines suffer just because they are too poor to clean up.
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Ukrainian technicians from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine – using a remote-controlled de-mining vehicle as to remove unexploded munitions in fields – in the Kherson Oblast.
Twitter – @MVS_UA
Піротехніки ДСНС України продовжують розмінування на Херсонщині
Разом із фахівцями працюють і машини механізованого розмінування — техніка, яка значно пришвидшує та робить безпечнішими ці надважливі процеси.
Кожен метр очищеної землі — це крок до відновлення життя в регіоні.
(Translated from Ukrainian)
Technicians of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine continue demining in the Kherson Oblast.
Working alongside the specialists are mechanized demining machines, a technique that significantly speeds up and makes these crucial processes safer.
Every meter of cleared land is a step towards restoring life in the region.
I hope that the Ukrainians are careful about monitoring the performance of this approach. Past experience with earlier versions of this sort of machine have been disappointing. The machines were easily damaged and took a long time and a lot of money to repair. They left a lot of undetonated mines and ordinance. They damaged some of what it left, and churned it deeper into the ground or into unexpected positions, making it more difficult to apply more thorough demining approaches. The Ukrainians will need good information on the performance of these machines to make good decisions about whether or not to procure more – and to resist pressure, if the performance is poor, from the sales teams and lobbyists of the machine’s manufacturers.
As in combat, robotics will be a blessing when the conflict is over.
Hopefully, they begin to export this expertise to other countries that were also plagues by war.
If we just continue to support Ukraine, they have the ingenuity to demine and rebuild their country. Most countries plagued by remaining mines suffer just because they are too poor to clean up.
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