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Originally Posted by BigBen931
How is that for an alternative? The technology can be deployed with stunning accuracy, it is relatively cheap (considering they are bought and paid for, hence the accounting term 'sunk cost') and has a surprisingly long-lasting effect.
But international treaties have been signed that show societies around the world cry out and say "We will not stand for this action." That is what the landmine ban is trying to do.
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This is not the same thing; mine fields can be cleaned, in fact are
intended to be cleaned after they are not longer needed. Blaming the concept of mines for accidental deaths is like blaming the concept of barbed wire when you are cut by an old and forgotten fence.
Besides, radiation will not kill an advancing force quickly enough.
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I am a soldier. I care about people in uniform. If for one second I thought that NOT DEPLOYING A MINE would cost a friendly life, I would do it. I know that there are alternative tactics available that produce the same result (deny the enemy ground/impede their movement) without costing an innocent indigenous person their life or limb.
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As a soldier why are you so quick to assume that the finest military minds in the world with access to an enormous budget, many of which volunteered because of ethical beliefs, are all heartless bastards who enjoy death and destruction even when having other options at their disposal?
I have a challenge for everyone in this thread: Provide examples of alternatives to land mines that perform the same strategic function without danger to innocents.