- published: 07 Apr 2016
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A land mine is an explosive device, concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near the device. Such devices are typically detonated automatically by way of pressure from the target stepping or driving on it, though other detonation mechanisms may be possible. The device may cause damage either by a direct blast or by fragments that are thrown by the blast.
The name originates from the ancient practice of military mining, where tunnels were dug under enemy fortifications or troop formations by sappers. These killing tunnels ("mines") were at first collapsed to destroy targets located above, but they were later filled with explosives and detonated in order to cause greater devastation.
Nowadays, in common parlance, land mines generally refer to devices specifically manufactured as anti-personnel or anti-vehicle weapons. Though many types of improvised explosive devices ("IEDs") can technically be classified as land mines, the term land mine is typically reserved for manufactured devices designed to be used by recognized military services, whereas IED is used for makeshift devices assembled by paramilitary or terrorist groups.
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Land Mine - Blew my legs off
Now I sit by - The subway station
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You turn your head and walk away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You say to yourself just another alcoholic
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I got some change - I think I think I'll drink it all away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Jail all the owners of the mainstream media for the crimes of violence against humanity
Jaill all the owners of the defense industry for the crimes of violence against humanity
Jail all the presidents and senators and congressmen for the crimes of violence against numanity
Jail Ted Turner, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Henry Kissinger and Al Haig