MRead Mine Detector The absolute majority of modern means of detecting landmines are, in fact, metal detectors "sharpened" for their search.
However, over the past decades, mine developers have learned (and very successfully) to deceive them. A typical example is mines without metal components. In addition, the mine detectors themselves are still far from perfect, often reacting to harmless metal objects located underground.
Employees of the Australian Research Institute CSIRO have developed a different mine detection technology, which is based on magnetic resonance — MRead. To detect an explosive device hidden underground, a portable transceiver is installed that generates radio pulses into the soil that are tuned to resonance with crystalline compounds of explosives. In their presence, "explosive" molecules under the influence of radio waves begin to vibrate with a certain frequency, forming a specific echo signal, which immediately fixes the receiving device. It becomes clear to the sapper that he is dealing with an explosive device. At the same time, the signal parameters give important information — the more powerful it is, the closer and more dangerous the mine is. It is equally important that such a mine detector does not react to objects that do not pose a threat.
MRead Mine DetectorAlexander Ageev
