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controlled mine

controlled mine

[kən¦trōld ′mīn]
(ordnance)
A mine fitted with firing devices capable of being activated by an electrical system leading to a central control station; may be an underwater or land mine.
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Afghan: Two Afghan policewomen and a civilian were killed Thursday when a remote controlled mine blew up the vehicle taking them to work at an airport in the west of the country, officials said.
The statement added a remote controlled mine was seized and defused in Shahi Khel area of Aibak city in Samangan province.
KABUL, GARDIZ (PAN): Three police perished in Wazi Zadran district of southeastern Paktia province by a remote controlled mine. Abdul Wali Zadran, district chief of the district told Pajhwok Afghan News that the blast took place on Monday morning.
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Two persons including a tribal elder were killed by a remote controlled mine in Muhammad Agha district of central Logar province.
Similar incidents have taken place over the past few days in the areas surrounding al-Azib Valley as many mines have exploded claiming the lives of scores of civilians from the locals of the area and all of them were remote controlled mines and it is difficult to dismantle them , Maqsoud told SANA.
China's remotely controlled mines, such as the EM-53 bottom influence mine, can be deployed and deactivated by acoustic codes to allow the safe passage of friendly vessels through a mined area and then reactivated to attack adversary ships and submarines.
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