improvised mine


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improvised mine

[′im·prə′vīzd ′mīn]
(ordnance)
A mine manufactured of available materials because standard mines are either unavailable or are incapable of producing the desired result.
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On 30 April, the SMM observed for the first time two pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) (one assessed as a part of an MLRS (BM-21 Grad) rocket, and the other as a probable part of the same type of rocket), both assessed as not recent, on the earth mound surrounding an abandoned bunker west of road M-03 on the western edge of Debaltseve (non-government-controlled, 58km north-east of Donetsk), about 100m south of an improvised mine hazard sign (for previous observation in the area see SMM Daily Report 29 April 2019).
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Houthi militias use children to plant mines in liberated areas: minister
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