Was this an old mine, or a new one due to the war? Old mines don't decay, which is why new ones do. Civilians being killed in war is tragic, but also seems ou

Was this an old mine, or a new one due to the war? Old mines don't decay, which is why new ones do. Civilians being killed in war is tragic, but also seems out-of-scope, militaries aren't going to stop using area denial weapons. Making sure they don't kill people once they're no longer intended to is as close as we're likely to come without reaching utopia.