Proof: How TIR Imaging Can Locate Buried Cluster Munitions in the Iraqi Desert

Authors

John Fardoulis, Mobility RoboticsFollow
Xavier Depreytere, Humanity & InclusionFollow
Jonathon Guthrie, Norwegian People's AidFollow

Abstract

In this article, we follow on from our previous work published in The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction that proved how buried thirty-year-old legacy anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines could be located using thermal infrared (TIR) sensors in the Sahara Desert, northern Chad.¹ This time, the emphasis is on proving how the location of buried submunitions from cluster munition strikes in the desert of southern Iraq can be identified using TIR sensors.

Recommended Citation

Fardoulis, John; Depreytere, Xavier; and Guthrie, Jonathon (2022) "Proof: How TIR Imaging Can Locate Buried Cluster Munitions in the Iraqi Desert," The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 25 : Iss. 3 , Article 13.
Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol25/iss3/13