UkraineA new landmine detonates when any Bluetooth device approaches.
A UN commission reports Russia drone-dropping antipersonnel mines to target civilians in Kherson.
3D printing, cheap microcontrollers and drone delivery let any frontline unit build sensor-triggered mines and place them precisely.
Poland, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are leaving the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which 122 countries signed.
How each outlet framed it
- New Scientist leans critical
- traces mine resurgence to 3D printing, microcontrollers and drone delivery, quoting EOD consultant Seán Moorhouse on cost
Sources: New Scientist