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Mineburner
View of the remote-controlled device to clear landmines that kill or maim 2,000 people a month, the new "MineBurner", presented in Pretoria on May 10. Paul Richards, 59, a former air pilot, demonstrated the MineBurner at South Africa's Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria which has conducted three successful test trials of the device and has approved its use. The device uses oxygen with liquid petroleum gas to provide a high temperature cutting flame that burns through the case of a landmine and ignites its contents. "The unique feature of the new MineBurner is that it does not contain any explosive or pyrotechnical components, making it air-transportable and thus far cheaper to get to any parts of the world where it is needed," Richards told reporters.
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