Comment by halapro
20 hours ago
I get it, I don’t think a timer really adds that much cost and complexity. "If he wanted to, he would" scenario.
20 hours ago
I get it, I don’t think a timer really adds that much cost and complexity. "If he wanted to, he would" scenario.
The costs of the self-destructs and failsafes exceed the cost of the rest of the landmine. One of the reason mines are used is that they are exceedingly cheap and simple to build at scale. No batteries or electronics. Even a relatively primitive industrial base can produce them.
In practice, only wealthy countries are willing to pay for mines with reliable self-destruct and target discrimination technology.