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Russian military performance has been "mixed" in the last 48 hours of fighting, as there are an increasing number of reports of Russian casualties as they "withdraw through their own minefields," according to UK intel. In an intelligence update on Saturday, the UK's Ministry of Defence outlined the progress that had been made on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine. "In some areas, Ukrainian forces have likely made good progress and penetrated the first line of Russian defenses. In others, Ukrainian progress has been slower," Britain's MoD said in a statement. "Russian performance has been mixed: some units are...

President Biden is staring down a number of minefields when he returns to Washington in the new year. Biden will have to tackle major issues including getting the coronavirus under control after a severe spike from the omicron variant during the holiday season. He will have to ensure that the deadly virus doesn’t overwhelm the nation’s health systems and the financial markets.

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5/23/2006 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN) -- Building roads and airfields in Afghanistan presents a unique challenge that stateside heavy equipment operators don’t encounter … minefields. That is why members of the 823rd Red Horse -- or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers -- here joined the Air Force Research Laboratory at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to develop a robotic mine-area clearing vehicle. “The mine-area clearing vehicle is going to provide the Air Force -- specifically Red Horse combat engineers -- the opportunity to clear a known minefield or an unknown minefield to expand the air base...

Close window Published online: 23 March 2006; | doi:10.1038/news060320-6 Stealth underwater craft targets minefieldsAutonomous technology may make mine clean-ups safer.Mark Peplow The black, streamlined craft is designed to be a "low-observable vehicle". © BAE Systems Electronics Limited An underwater craft that can seek out and destroy mines has been unveiled. The sub, dubbed Talisman, relies on computer software that allows it to complete its mission without being guided by an operator. Most mine-disposal missions rely on either human divers or small explosives dropped from a ship. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that are tethered to a boat on the surface...

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Three Iraqi Soldiers Desert the Army By BORZOU DARAGAHI .c The Associated Press SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - Hungry, poorly equipped and watched constantly, the three young friends from Basra made a pact: if they saw a chance to escape from the Iraqi Army, they would do it together. Eight days ago, while the security men who enforce military discipline in their unit enjoyed a meal, Bassam Salah Madlool, Mushriq Ahmad Hashem and Abbas Fahid Mushin saw their chance. They raced past minefields, evading radar and gunfire, and fled for 12 hours across hills, valleys and mountains until they reached Kifrey,...

Kurdish Fighters Move Toward Key Oil City By BRIAN MURPHY .c The Associated Press TAQTAQ, Iraq (AP) - Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq have taken control of more territory from withdrawing Iraqi forces, moving closer to the major oil center of Kirkuk. The nearly 10-mile advance Sunday by the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia was unchallenged but slowed by dense minefields left by Saddam Hussein's troops, said Ares Abdullah, a Kurdish commander. It was the third significant shift since Thursday in the front line separating Iraqi forces from the U.S.-backed Kurds. Each Iraqi move has allowed the Kurds to move closer to...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - It's a bad day for U.S. soldiers David Paulk and Bryan Allen when they don't hit a land mine. "We're having so much fun when the mines are exploding," says Paulk, a 24-year-old National Guardsman from Vick, La., who operates a Hydrema 910 MCV, a massive armored truck with flailing chains designed to trigger mines, at Bagram Air Base, the U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. "Days like these, when we ain't hitting a thing, it's like we're just driving a truck," adds Allen, 30, who monitors the Hydrema's computerized systems and helps Paulk steer a steady...