Analysis of Factors Affecting the Process of Demining the Territory Contaminated by Explosive Objects

Abstract

The experience of conducting military operations in modern military conflicts has shown that one of their dangerous consequences is the contamination of territories with explosive objects which pose a threat to both the military and the civilian population. At the same time, one of the main problematic issues is the significant excess of the rate of mine weapons development in comparison with the rate’s development of mine countermeasures. Ukraine, due to the full- scale aggression of the Russian Federation is no exception, as it has found itself among the countries that are the most contaminated by explosive objects in the world that in its turn requires a large amount of time, forces and means for reconnaissance and demining of territories. At the same time the enemy uses the entire range of mine weapons available to him despite the prohibition of using some of their types by international conventions. In addition to mine weapons, unexploded ordnance poses a great danger. In order to carry out combat tasks related to the reconnaissance of the area for the presence of mines and the development of passages in minefields, clearance units are created from among servicemen of the engineering forces which are equipped with reconnaissance and demining kits. Demining teams from other ministries and agencies are created in addition to servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to clear territories of explosive objects under conditions of the absence enemy’s fire. The effectiveness of the above-mentioned tasks will largely depend on a number of external and internal factors.
 The article analyzes the main factors that affect the task effectiveness in reconnaissance of the area for the presence of explosive objects and demining as well as the creation and functioning of the remote-controlled demining system.