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Ottawa treaty only bans anti-personnel mines, not anti-vehicle or command activated. The US bands persistent anti-personnel mines, but not mines that only last
by 2468013579 5y ago
Ottawa treaty only bans anti-personnel mines, not anti-vehicle or command activated. The US bands persistent anti-personnel mines, but not mines that only last a day or so. This argument gets more convoluted once you read up on it. As I mentioned in spaetzleleeser’s comment below, the US is one of a few countries that has a policy banning persistent anti-vehicle mines (they ban all persistent mines in general), so in some ways is more strict than others.
- trasz 5y agoAnti-vehicle mines don’t really matter, they pose no threat to civilians.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoDefinitely. It is known that civilians never use vehicles.
- trasz 5y ago“Anti-vehicle mines” are rally anti-tank mines, and as such: 1. They require tons of pressure to detonate; it’s adjusted for a tank, not ordinary car, and 2. They don’t end up in unexpected places - they are placed on the roads, and thus are easy to find and detonate.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoAny truck or bus has higher road pressure than a tank, because wheels footprint is much smaller than that of a tank tracks. A very quick search also proves that deaths from anti-vehicle mines number at thousands each year. Even on the very UN website [1] we read: > The Secretary-General calls on all countries to also regulate the use of anti-vehicle landmines. Such weapons continue to cause many casualties, often civilian. They restrict the movement of people and humanitarian aid, make land unsuitable for cultivation, and deny citizens access to water, food, care and trade. I believe we can safely assume that anti-vehicle landmines DO pose a deadly threat to civilians. [1]: https://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Landmines/ https://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Landmines/
- trasz 5y agoHuh, I’ve learned something, thank you!
- pvaldes 5y agoEarthquakes and landslides still can happen. I wonder if some of those could be still activated eventually in the middle of a different emergency