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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I take it that if you don't push hard in to the metal rods, it's a pretty safe operation. Much different than if the mine / trap is designed to be triggered by a lone human.

Still a nervous procedure, but one can at least proceed with reasonable confidence.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Only if by push you mean several tons of metal ramming into it, yeah. I doubt a human could set it off even if they wanted to. They don't want these mines going odd every time a seal, or driftwood, or whatever runs into it. They want it to go off when a large military vessel hits it.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Good point in general, altho there's also statistically the chance of manufacturing defect or accruing damage en situ. I have zero problem with these guys being very careful with both the rods and attending to the innards...

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