by Guest9999 » Thu May 19, 2022 10:27 pm
Ukraine has it's fair share of experienced deminers, I'm sure, but post war, I expect there will be a greater need for ordnance removal, than living, working age Ukrainian experts at removing it. Cambodia has already sent deminers and trainers to assist other countries in their removal efforts. I think it is a safe bet that Mr Hun Sen will send a team to help in 2023 or 2024.
You needn't look hard in Cambodia in the '90's to locate a few colourful expatriates employed in the demining industries. Their behaviour, attitude, and some over-the top drinking, made them a very memorable component of my early work years in the country. They knew their job, but many perhaps too easily slid into the craziness of those post Paris accord early years. I don't think Cambodian demining experts working abroad are very likely to so enthusiastically 'live large', but I'm sure they will have as important a roll to play.
(I thought of this after reading in the NYTimes about current activities in Afghan scrap yards, “In the last six months, about 10 percent of the scrap we’ve bought is military material and debris that has been left behind,” said Mohammed Rahim Noori, the head of Khan Steel Mill’s security department, who oversees much of the discarded explosives that have ended up in his scrapyards." Kids and adults being damaged regularly reminds me of those past years here in Cambodia.)
Ukraine has it's fair share of experienced deminers, I'm sure, but post war, I expect there will be a greater need for ordnance removal, than living, working age Ukrainian experts at removing it. Cambodia has already sent deminers and trainers to assist other countries in their removal efforts. I think it is a safe bet that Mr Hun Sen will send a team to help in 2023 or 2024.
You needn't look hard in Cambodia in the '90's to locate a few colourful expatriates employed in the demining industries. Their behaviour, attitude, and some over-the top drinking, made them a very memorable component of my early work years in the country. They knew their job, but many perhaps too easily slid into the craziness of those post Paris accord early years. I don't think Cambodian demining experts working abroad are very likely to so enthusiastically 'live large', but I'm sure they will have as important a roll to play.
(I thought of this after reading in the NYTimes about current activities in Afghan scrap yards, “In the last six months, about 10 percent of the scrap we’ve bought is military material and debris that has been left behind,” said Mohammed Rahim Noori, the head of Khan Steel Mill’s security department, who oversees much of the discarded explosives that have ended up in his scrapyards." Kids and adults being damaged regularly reminds me of those past years here in Cambodia.)