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Handheld tools, such as metal detectors and probes, are used by qualified deminers to locate and safely remove landmines and UXO.

Heavy machinery, such as flails, tillers, and excavators, is used to clear vegetation and unearth buried landmines and UXO.

A mine is a strategically placed, self-contained explosive device designed for area denial and to remain dormant until activated by various influence or contact triggers on land or in water. These triggers initiate a primary explosive charge, which then detonates the main explosive charge. Mines are typically deployed by hand, vehicle, or air, and pose a significant threat to personnel, vehicles, and vessels. Their long-term presence can have severe humanitarian and economic consequences, disrupting movement, and inflicting casualties.

Mine action is the coordinated efforts by governments, international organisations, and NGOs to address the threat of landmines and UXO through clearance, survey, risk education, victim assistance, and advocacy.

Mine clearance systematically locates, identifies, and neutralises landmines and UXO to render an area safe for civilian use.

MRA is an area identified as contaminated with landmines or UXO, requiring clearance or other risk mitigation measures to protect civilians.

A complete device charged with explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or nuclear, biological, or chemical material for use in military operations, including demolitions.

The Munroe Effect is a hydrodynamic phenomenon utilised in various explosive applications, including anti-tank weapons, demolition charges, EOD tools and perforating devices. It occurs when a shaped explosive charge is detonated, typically with a conical or hemispherical cavity lined with a metallic material. The detonation wave collapses the liner, forming a high-velocity, focused jet capable of penetrating solid targets, leveraging this controlled collapse to generate a highly focused and penetrating jet of material.