Drone prototype can detect and destroy active landmines

The U.N. estimates that landmines kill between 15,000 and 20,000 people every year.
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Drone prototype can detect and destroy active landmines
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Massoud Hassani, an Afghanistan-born designer who now lives in the Netherlands, grew up in an area near Kabul with landmines. He is developing a drone that is designed to detect and destroy active landmines.

The technology could possibly save thousands of lives -- the U.N. estimates that landmines kill between 15,000 and 20,000 people every year.

Additional reporting by The Associated Press.


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