Can't we use something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFY2vTW538

Edit: I found an amazing video of a man disarming a mine that I thought I'd share as well. I assume this is how they do it over there currently. "If you press that, blow up"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfNZoXr6rQ

As for "use something like this", where "this" is any kind of technology that tries to detonate mines by force/and or grab up in bulk. You need to be very, very certain that you get all mines. Would you let your child play in the section woods with "hardly any mines" in it?

The issue with forcefully exploding mines is that a certain number might be defective, and/or unstable. Maybe the trigger doesn't work well enough - but maybe it can still go off - perhaps the main charge becomes unstable on its own etc.

There's a reason anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions are illegal (well, in/by civilized countries, anyway) - it's really, really hard to de-mine/clear up this stuff.

Interesting video.

You mean illegal as in prohibited by the Convention on Cluster Munitions[1]? Signed by all civilized countries of the world, of course. Except for, among others, the U.S., China and Russia.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munition...

I had never considered that, thanks for the context.

Awesome video! I can't help but notice how casually they act.

That dude is my hero now. Coolest guy in the world. The inner working are also fascinating to see up close.

Edit: Compare him to this guy[0] doing the same mine.

Edit Edit: Down that same rabbit hole I found this[1], I had no idea this stuff was so easy to find.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa9CtYH5I5o

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmMy8Hq8oI

US assistance for UXO in Laos has been slowly increasing (though some point out it's only a tiny fraction of the amount spent bombing the country in the first place).

It is definitely something in the art of the possible. It's just expensive.