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MINE CLEARANCE [24 records]

Record 1 2023-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Land Mines
CONT

In Libya, it is reported that the authorities have provided mine awareness training that may include training in mine clearance.

OBS

mine awareness training; MAT: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Mines terrestres
OBS

instruction sur les mines : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Protection of Life
  • Protection of Property
DEF

A set of activities undertaken by engineers or pioneers to protect personnel and materiel from the enemy.

OBS

Survivability support includes the employment of field fortifications, mine clearance, protective obstacles, strong points, camouflage, concealment and non-electronic deception.

OBS

survivability support: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Sécurité des biens
DEF

Ensemble d'activités entreprises par les sapeurs de combat et les pionniers pour protéger le personnel et le matériel des attaques de l'ennemi.

OBS

L'emploi de fortifications de campagne, d'obstacles de protection, de centres de résistance, ainsi que de mesures de camouflage, de déminage, de dissimulation et de déception non-électronique sont tous des moyens d'appui à la survivabilité.

OBS

appui à la survivabilité : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

A device attached to or integral to a mine which will explode or cause the mine to explode, and designed to slow down the clearance of a minefield by making disturbance of the mine extremely dangerous and neutralization difficult.

Key term(s)
  • antihandling fuze
  • antiremoval fuze
  • anti-handling fuse
  • antihandling fuse
  • anti-removal fuse
  • antiremoval fuse
  • anticlearance fuze
  • anti-clearance fuse
  • anticlearance fuse
  • antilift fuze
  • antilift fuse
  • anti-lift fuse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

Dispositif destiné à protéger une mine et qui fait partie de celle-ci, est relié à celle-ci, attaché à celle-ci ou placé sous celle-ci, et qui se déclenche en cas de tentative de manipulation ou d'autre dérangement intentionnel de la mine.

Key term(s)
  • détonateur anti-enlèvement
  • détonateur anti-manipulation
  • allumeur anti-manipulation
  • allumeur anti-relevage
  • amorceur anti-manipulation
  • allumeur antidéminage

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Land Mines
OBS

Remote Operated Mine Clearance System; ROMECS : designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Mines terrestres
OBS

Remote Operated Mine Clearance System; ROMECS : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
CONT

This photo clearly shows fittings for KMT mine clearance equipment beneath the bow...

OBS

On the T-72 tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
CONT

On voit nettement [...] les points de fixation du dispositif de déminage KMT sous l'avant de la caisse [...]

OBS

Sur le char T-72.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

The SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) MK VIII is a "wet" submersible, designed to carry combat swimmers and their cargo in fully flooded compartments. Submerged, operators and passengers are sustained by the individually worn underwater breathing apparatus (UBA).

CONT

"Although primarily designed for beach reconnaissance and underwater surveillance, the Sperry DTV2 wet submersible is also being offered as a transport and support vehicle for mine clearance divers,... "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

Il s’agit d’un sous-marin humide : au lieu d’être pressurisée et remplie d’air, la coque sera constamment pleine d’eau.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Land Mines
DEF

The process of removing all mines from a route or area.

OBS

mine clearance : term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

mine clearance; minefield clearing : terms officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

Key term(s)
  • minefield clearance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Mines terrestres
DEF

Action d'enlever toutes les mines d'un itinéraire ou d'une zone.

OBS

déminage : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

déminage; dégagement de zone minée : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Destrucción (Militar)
  • Minas terrestres
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Record 8 2008-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Equipment (Military)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Mine Warfare
DEF

... a mechanical mine clearance device that uses a rotating drum to flail the ground with weighted chains, resulting in the detonation or destruction of any mines encountered.

OBS

It is used to clear large areas of all mines and unexploded ordnance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel terrestre (Militaire)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Guerre des mines
DEF

[...] engin de déminage mécanique qui emploie un tambour rotatif à fléaux pour fouetter le sol avec des chaînes lestées, ce qui provoque la détonation ou la destruction des mines rencontrées.

OBS

Il sert à éliminer sur de grandes surfaces les mines et les munitions qui n'ont pas explosé.

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

Used in the study of the propagation of detonation waves in gaseous media, the instrumented site supports work in the use of explosives for mine clearance, in studies of propagation of explosions in confined spaces as well as in applied research in detonics.

Key term(s)
  • Fuel Air Explosive Test Site

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

Le site doté d'instrumentation, qui sert à étudier la propagation des ondes de détonation dans un environnement gazeux, a pour rôle d'appuyer les travaux portant sur l'emploi d'explosifs pour le déminage qui sont réalisés dans le cadre d'études de la propagation d'explosions dans des espaces confinés et de travaux de recherche en détonique.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Security
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

The Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance Security(CAMEO Security) is a non-profit charitable Society headquartered in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which has as its mission to provide safe, professional, and cost-effective humanitarian land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal(EOD) services in war-torn societies. It is capable of deploying worldwide at reasonably short notice to respond to sudden threats to life and limb, and will not only provide initial humanitarian relief but will also organize and sustain the capacity of the host country to conduct its own land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal in the longer term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Sécurité
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
CONT

The rebreather or closed-circuit scuba uses pure oxygen in continuous rebreathing with no loss of gases in the water, except on ascent when expanding gas within the breathing bag vents off.

CONT

... Clearance Divers must learn how to dive with rebreathers, the type of mixed-gas diving gear used for deeper dives and in mine countermeasures diving. Rebreather diving gear creates no bubbles, and it is magnetically and acoustically "clean" so a diver can approach a mine with less rick of detonating it.

Key term(s)
  • re-breather
  • closed circuit scuba

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
CONT

Les appareils à circuit fermé utilisant l'oxygène pur ont un domaine d'utilisation très limité. Les gaz expirés sont épurés chimiquement du gaz carbonique produit avant d'être utilisés à l'inspiration suivante.

CONT

[...] les plongeurs-démineurs apprennent à plonger avec des appareils à circuit fermé, le type d'appareil à gaz mixte utilisé pour des plongées plus profondes et des plongées de lutte contre les mines. Cet appareil magnétisé et acoustique ne crée pas de bulles, ce qui permet d'approcher une mine en limitant les risques d'explosion.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

Humanitarian mine clearance aims to achieve 100 per cent clearance of mines from the areas designated, and to reclaim the land for agriculture and for community development projects; such operations also commonly involve explosive ordnance disposal(EOD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

Par opposition au déminage militaire, il vise à dépolluer les axes routiers, infrastructures et terres agricoles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Destrucción (Militar)
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Record 13 2001-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • CBRNE Operations
OBS

The Mine Action Program is developing a major global initiative--Integrated Mine Action Development Strategy(IMADS)--which seeks to strengthen national mine clearance programmes not just as part of short-term emergency relief efforts but also as part of long-term development planning. International Development Research Centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Opérations CBRNE
OBS

Le Programme antimines est actuellement en train d'élaborer une initiative mondiale majeure, la Stratégie intégrée d'action contre les mines et développement (SIAMD), dont l'objectif sera de renforcer les programmes nationaux d'éradication des mines dans le cadre non seulement des efforts à court terme de secours d'urgence, mais aussi d'une planification de développement à long terme. Centre de recherches pour le développement international.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
OBS

Mines and Booby Traps, Part 2. Aardvark mine clearance flail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
OBS

B-GL-361-009/FP-003, Mines and Booby Traps, Part 2. Aardvark Mine Clearance Flail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Mines
OBS

B-GL-361-009/FP-003, Mines and Booby Traps, Part 2.

OBS

Aardvark mine clearance flail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines terrestres

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

B-GL-361-009/FP-003, Mines and Booby Traps, Part 2. Aardvark mine clearance flail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Land Mines
OBS

Non-governmental organization involved in mine clearance with the Cambodian Mine-Action Centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Mines terrestres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales no canadienses
  • Minas terrestres
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Record 19 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Land Mines
  • Minesweeping and Minehunting
OBS

UK [United Kingdom] NGO [non-governmental organization] involved in mine-awareness training and in mine clearance in Cambodia, Angola and Zambia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Mines terrestres
  • Dragage et chasse aux mines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Minas terrestres
  • Dragado y detección de minas
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Record 20 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Land Mines
  • Minesweeping and Minehunting
OBS

Of the Joint Civilian Commission in the former Yugoslavia. Functions as a clearing-house for policy matters and priorities related to mine clearance in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Mines terrestres
  • Dragage et chasse aux mines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Minas terrestres
  • Dragado y detección de minas
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Record 21 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
OBS

UNAVEM [United Nations Angola Verification Mission] Central Mine Action Office; planning and implementation of mine-clearance activities at the regioanl level, defines regional de-mining priorities in line with the national plan of action, reports to the Programme Manager of the Central Mine Action Office on the progress of related activities at the regional level.

Key term(s)
  • Regional Program Manager

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominación de puestos
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Record 22 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Minesweeping and Minehunting
OBS

In Afghanistan. Works with the support of the United Nations Mine Clearance Programme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Dragage et chasse aux mines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Dragado y detección de minas
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Record 23 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Non-governmental organization involved in mine clearance with the Cambodian Mine-Action Centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
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Record 24 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

Among the tasks every mine clearance diver has to do, there is one which is :"... manufacture patches to seal hull openings. "(CFP 9341) DTTC, D. Snook

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

DNH, Halifax déf. nat., marine, équipement, sous-marins 127jgl/12.74

Spanish

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