U.S. to no longer produce anti-personnel landmines

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22. Long overdue

But I wonder if the Senate will ever ratify it. A number of treaties over the years have been signed by Presidents, but never ratified.

As an aside, back in the 90's my brother was asked to create and oversee a prosthetics clinic in Hanoi. He managed to get an export license for Apple Macs to run scanners, and design and produce parts by CADCAM. It was able to produce limbs faster, better fitting and from higher tech materials than many thought wise. But they survive much better in rice paddies and difficult environments.

It was bankrolled by a charity that was initially started by an eastern Washington pototato farmer who had lost a limb as a pilot during the Vietnam Nam War.

For a number of years he was sent by the government to land mine hotspots to teach surgeons how to best do amputations to maximize use of prosthetics. All the tourists attractions of the world, Laos, Cambodia, Kosovo, El Salvador and others. The main purpose of his research at the time was for the VA.