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  2. Claymore mine - Wikipedia

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    The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large medieval Scottish sword . [ citation needed ] Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore may be command-detonated (fired by remote-control), and is directional, shooting a wide ...

  3. Ottawa Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world.

  4. List of parties to the Ottawa Treaty - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of states that have signed and ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Treaty (also known as the Mine Ban Treaty). The treaty, which outlaws anti-personnel mines , was opened for signature on December 3, 1997.

  5. List of land mines - Wikipedia

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    Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted). A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing). A cutaway of an MD-82 mine. An M14 mine, showing a cutaway view. The absence of a safety clip and the location of the arrow on the pressure plate clearly shows that this mine has been armed. This is a list of commonly used land mines.

  6. Lists of mines - Wikipedia

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    2.2 North America. 2.2.1 Canada. 2.2.2 Mexico. 2.2.3 United States. 2.3 Oceania. ... This lists of mines is a meta-list (list of lists) containing links to mine ...

  7. International Campaign to Ban Landmines - Wikipedia

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    The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose objective is a world free of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, where mine and cluster munitions survivors see their rights respected and can lead fulfilling lives.

  8. Category:Anti-personnel mines - Wikipedia

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    M2 mine; M14 mine; M16 mine; M61 and M63 stake mines; M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition; M432 mine; MAPED F1; MBV-78-A2 mine; MD-82 mine; Mine A.P. Improvised Type I; Mine A.P. Improvised Type II; Mini MS-803 mine; Mle 1951 AP blast mine; MM-1 Minimore; MMN-1 mine; MMN-2 mine; MOB (landmine) Model 49 mine; Model 123 mine; Modèle 1939 (mine ...

  9. Talk:Claymore mine - Wikipedia

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    And in the next sentence but one after the one you quoted, we find: "A firing mechanism prevents the mine from exploding until it makes contact with, or is influenced by, its target." Then there's Appendix A of the same document which lists all current US mines, guess what, the claymore isn't on that list. -- Securiger