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Given the sometimes impressive fraction of duds among bombs, I am not sure I trust a mine that supposedly deactivated itself on a timer. It may work 9 times out
by gmueckl 2y ago
Given the sometimes impressive fraction of duds among bombs, I am not sure I trust a mine that supposedly deactivated itself on a timer. It may work 9 times out of ten. But it doesn't really make a big difference if it's the first, second or the tenth mine that gets you and rips off your leg.
- namibj 2y agoThey deactivate by discharging their power supply, after which they are lacking the stored electrical energy needed to trigger the electrical detonator. It's not fool-proof, but a lot better than chemical/mechanical mechanisms that try to go inert.