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How reliable are the self-destruct and self-deactivate mechanisms?

April 26, 2017mechanisms self-deactivate self-destruct

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How reliable are the self-destruct and self-deactivate mechanisms?

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A. Highly reliable. We have tested over 67,000 landmines under a wide range of conditions, with no failures of the self-destruct system. If the self-destruct mechanism should fail, the self-deactivation system would make sure the landmine could not function after no more than 90 days.