Demining: enhancing the process

There are major practical problems to be overcome in order to enhance the process of demining. The number of permutations arising from the array of mines and variety of environments guarantee that there will be no universal solution. Those that say the process has remained unchanged since World War II are wrong. It has been continually modified through the revision of procedures and the incorporation of new technology; but the overall capability has not been greatly improved. The key to significant enhancement is to ensure that new techniques are well-conceived, steered through development and applied appropriately.