Japan firm demonstrates land mine clearer in Nicaragua

Japan firm demonstrates land mine clearer in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Photo shows a land mine clearer that Japan's Yamanashi Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. demonstrated to a group including Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman at a military facility in the Nicaraguan capital of Manauga on Sept. 17. The machine digs into soil with a high-speed revolving cutter at the end of the arm, causing mines to explode.

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