The Weapon That Has The Potential To Ruin Ukraine For Decades
And Ukraine is doing it to themselves
The ongoing war in Ukraine has shown the world the power and potency of modern weapons. From drones, electronic jamming measures, new tanks, and fearsome glide bombs, Ukraine is being ravaged. However, there is a weapon that few people know about that has the potential to render large swaths of Ukraine nearly uninhabitable.
In the 1970s, the world was in the midst of the Cold War, and both sides were scrambling to develop a way to stop massive armored columns from moving across the plains of Europe. The result was the Remote Anti-Armor Mine System. This system allowed standard 155mm artillery shells to deploy nine anti-tank mines from distances of up to 12 miles away. Now, fifty years later, the Remote Anti-Armor Mine System is making a comeback as the Ukrainians desperately try to hold off a Russian summer advance.
While military experts agree that the Remote Anti-Armor Mine System has ample potential to slow down Russian vehicles (and personnel; more on that below), it also has the potential to leave large portions of Ukraine grappling with the scourge of landmines.
