The MoD bought a new generation of mine-resistant armoured vehicles and personnel carriers, such as the Mastiff and Husky, under the "urgent operational requirement" process.
But strong leadership can overcome these obstacles, as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates demonstrated in 2008 when he oversaw the acquisition and deployment in Iraq of a new generation of mine-resistant, ambush-protected fighting vehicles, which brought about a decline of up to 90 percent in the deaths of American troops from roadside bombs.
We report chemical and stable isotopic data from a study monitoring the biogeochemical processes involved in the generation of mine waters and their remediation by two RAPS.
Tensions around the issue are high in the area, which has among the country's highest rates of emigration to Mexico's northern states and to the United States because of the devastating poverty, a legacy of generations of mining going back to the Spaniards that left large swaths of barren landscape and depleted water.
In sub-Saharan Africa, industrial activities such as coal-fired power plant for the generation of electricity, mining activities, production of cement, coal mining and steel production will generate large quantity of CO2 to the atmosphere.
Dr. Pentland calls his research "reality mining" to differentiate it from an earlier generation of data mining conducted through more traditional methods.
Initial data for the following generation of data mining models is retrieved from MFU MIS.
Oxidation of reactive mine tailings and subsequent generation of acid mine drainage (AMD) have been long recognized as the largest environmental concern for the mining industry.
The generation of acid mine drainage (AMD) remains a major environmental challenge for the mining industry.
The trucks are a second generation of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs, used in Iraq, and are called MRAP All-Terrain Vehicles, or M-ATVs.
