Actually, minefields appear to still be lethal almost a century after they were laid.
WW1 mines are *still* killing people in Europe.
You volunteering to try these things out?
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How many of the mines currently in the ground are non-metallic, and invisible to these six-legged wonders?
The obvious flaw in the slaw is that this was developed by SCIENTISTS who have no training in the application of technology. To have a chance at applying technology in a (hopefully) practical manner, it requires an engineer. This is NOT any sort of practical application of any sort of method that could remotely be called technology by anyone living in the 21st century.
How about a tightly focused repeating EMP discharge that would smoke ALL electrical circuits wired smaller than ten gauge for a two hundred yard radius around a company of soldiers? Have we called up so many 50 year olds from the NG with pacemakers for combat duty that this is not feasible, or is it that important to maintain the RFID chips in body armor so the DoD can send bills to the familites of dead/wounded soldiers?
Before people call for a ZOT, I want it made clear that I feel there has been ten times too much "hearts and minds" BS in Iraq versus one tenth as much "let God sort 'em out" as should have been used.
Why not get a homeboy with his suped up Hyundai to roll down the street with the bass turned up. If he can make the street shake he should make the mines shake till they pop.