minehunters
Minehunters are personnel and units dedicated to locating and neutralizing landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). They operate in military contexts, during humanitarian demining, and in security operations. The term covers both individual explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists and naval mine countermeasures (MCM) teams whose primary task is to detect mines and render them safe or destroy them. Minehunting differs from mine sweeping: hunters use detection systems to locate mines and then neutralize them individually, whereas sweeping clears paths by detonating or dispersing mines en masse with mechanical, explosive, or charged lines.
Detection and neutralization methods include metal detection, ground-penetrating radar, magnetometers, and advanced sonar in maritime settings.
Training for minehunters emphasizes explosive ordnance disposal, risk assessment, security, and adherence to international mine action