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Originally Posted by Betonov
There's one thing that is better at sniffing mines and are actually cheaper to aquire and maintain. DRONES !!!!
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All depends on what exactly we are looking for.
Picking up the pattern of mine fields can be done well with a drone, but if you want to "sniff" explosives, not so good.
At this time, we don't have any sensors that can reliably detect the odors being emitted from explosives better than a well trained dog.
Where our technology excels is in the area of active sensors. When it comes to passive detection, nature still beats us.
We had great success training bees to detect the UV from HME. The only problem was that it was impossible to teach the bees recall. So the bees found the HME and swarmed around it, clearly indicating its location. But then what do you do then? Have EOD walk up to a swarm of bees? No thank you. It is tough to teach a bee to "come" "sit" and "stay".
