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- Fire in the hole, fire in the hole,

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fire in the hole.

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(speaking in foreign language)

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(explosion booming)

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- During the Cobra Gold Exercise,

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what they've done is they've
gone out to the minefields,

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before this time and stockpiled literally

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thousands of landmines and UXO.

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So this gives us an opportunity

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because of their very
limited explosive resources

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to come and provide not
only that explosive material

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to help them rid the country of the mines

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but also allows us to work
hand in hand with them.

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The mines actually started back

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during the Khmer Rouge,

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revolution time, they've been placed

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mostly along the Thailand,
Cambodian border.

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The Thai's have been trying to rid their

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borders of these mines.

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There are a lot of these mines

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as they're been pulled
from the border areas,

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they're not destroyed
as they are pulled out

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of the ground, they
are actually stockpiled

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at various locations.

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(speaking in foreign language)

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During this time we've had to deal with

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the transportation of them,

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this is done through military vehicles

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layered in sand, where
the landmines are placed

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in single layers and then
transported out to explosion site.

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Once they get out there,
we work together to

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arrange them in such a way

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that we can safely destroy them

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and once again rid the
country of all the mines

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that they stockpiled.

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Primarily as far as when it comes to mines

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there's a couple of type
of methods that we use.

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We use non-electric and
electric demolition.

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One thing we brought
to the table this year

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was the thermite.

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This presented them a
tool in their toolbox

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given the opportunity to use thermite

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we show them how it
can be effectively used

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in an emplaced mine.

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This allows them the opportunity
to be able to destroy

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the mine without actually
having to move it.

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If there are anti-disturbance
features associated

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with those mines.

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We come with a lot of technical knowledge,

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but some of the hands-on experience

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with actually removing landmines,

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is not so much there with us
due to the availabilities.

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(soldiers talking in background)