The Schonstedt GA-72Cd is the workhorse of United Nations humanitarian demining teams around the world. The tool was recently put on permanent display at UN Headquarters in New York, where some 1500 people per day tour the complex. Here a guide is explaining its function in eradicating the world of landmines.
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Since the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s independence in 1960, the country has been locked in a spiral of armed conflict that has resulted in nationwide contamination of explosive hazards. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has been present in the DRC since 2002, supporting the National Mine Action Authority (CCLAM) in coordinating the survey and clearance activities of suspected hazardous areas identified throughout the country. In August 2018, the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI) deployed ten (10) locators to the DRC to aid in the detection of buried landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and other unexploded ordnance…The post Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Locators Deployed to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appeared first on Schonstedt Instrument Company.
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