antipersonnel mine
land mine
Also known as: antipersonnel land mine
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International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- In International Campaign to Ban Landmines
…production, trade, and stockpiling of antipersonnel land mines. In 1997 the coalition was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, which it shared with its founding coordinator, American Jody Williams.
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types of land mines
- In mine: Land mine
…vehicles, especially tanks; and lighter antipersonnel mines. A standard antitank mine contains about 5 kg of explosives and weighs about 9 kg in all. Antipersonnnel mines, which can kill or wound soldiers upon exploding into many small fragments, usually contain less than 0.5 kg of explosives and can be detonated…
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