LANDMINES

What is a Landmine?Landmines are small, usually round devices designed to injure or kill people by an explosive blast or flying fragments.

How Does It Work?It takes a tiny amount of pressure to detonate a landmine, making every man, woman, child, and animal who

steps on one to become the next victim.

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The Victims

Landmines can cost as little as $3 to make.

It costs about $1000 to safely remove a mine.

The United States stopped making landmines in 1997 but still has a large stockpile of landmines.

Landmine Quick Facts

1,000 people are involved in landmine accidents every month - one victim every 40 minutes. Around 800 of these will die, the rest will be maimed.

There are 600 different types of mines around the world.

Most mines are made of plastic and contain about the same amount of metal as the spring in a ballpoint pen making metal detectors useless

More Quick Facts

Afghan road bomb kills 12 civilians March 6th, 2011

Child Killed by Mine is Southern Sudan March 1st, 2011

Heavy fire, landmines rock eastern Burma March 2nd, 2011

Areas effected by landmines:

News From the Past 2 Weeks!!!!

Bosnia is still effected by landmines, many years after wars have ended. (video)

Also a Problem in Eastern Europe