With the threat of Russia on their doorstep, five nations are bolstering their defences by turning to a tactic the world tried to ban

Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have announced they will leave the Ottawa Convention of 1997, which prohibits anti-personnel landmines. Later in June, all five states are expected to give the United Nations formal notice of their withdrawal, allowing them to manufacture, stockpile and deploy such munitions from the end of the year. Together, they guard 2,150 miles of Nato’s frontier with Russia and its client state of Belarus.

Military planners are already working out which expanses of European forest and lake land would be planted with these deadly devices, laden with high explosives and shrapnel, if Vladimir Putin were to mass his forces against the alliance.

  • tyler@programming.dev
    411·
    5 days ago

    The article states that current generation landmines can be deactivated remotely and then removed easily, compared to old landmines that you could die trying to remove.

    Edit: I have no clue why I’m being downvoted. I’m stating what the article states.

      • tyler@programming.dev
        15·
        5 days ago

        I didn’t know Russia had managed to hack any country’s military devices. You would think they’d stop those pesky drones from blowing up all their tanks and soldiers if that were the case.

      • tyler@programming.dev
        16·
        5 days ago

        Wow, I didn’t know you were so good at hacking military devices! Why not sell your skills!? I’m sure some country would pay to be able to hack fighter jets and aircraft carrier!