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Would it be feasible for an advanced military to field remotely-deactivatable mines that could be killed after the conflict?



Itd be theoretically easy too [1] . Put a dead man switch on them. If a landmine doesn't receive a "keep alive" signal at a predetermined, known skipping frequency then self destruct.

Or use a timer and re-lay them periodically.

[1] famous last words. In reality these things don't work and landmines are a terrible legacy of conflict.




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