Can the mechanical components be cost-effectively replaced in the intended environment?
What will be the means of conducting a Quality Assurance check once its finished? One thing should immediately be very clear: There is no single system that can effectively work everywhere, period! Those who claim that their systems can do this should spend time in three to four different former war zones with the deminers and become more familiar with what the conditions are. What may work in one specific region or country would be useless in another. Every area has its own challenge of vegetation, obstacles, soil conditions, logistics channels, and types of munitions used during the conflict. A flaw of many past systems is that the intent was only focused at breaking up or detonating land mines through sheer force or impact. What was overlooked was the full range of the explosive threat including Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and the intended use of the land, once its clear. Large tilling devices and over-sized flail systems have great promise as military breaching devices, where speed o
