Antitank and Antipersonnel Mine Detection Test Results for a Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Detection System

摘要

This report summarizes the results of an interim test of a system that uses the nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) signature of explosives for the detection of antipersonnel (AP) and antitank (AT) land mines. The system, designed and built by Quantum Magnetics, Inc. of San Diego, California, has been funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Dog's Nose Program to develop technologies using chemical-specific approaches to the detection of explosives. The tests discussed herein were performed the weeks of October 25 and November 29,1999, at Ft. Leonard Wood, near St. Robert, Missouri. The Quantum Magnetics system was tested against AP and AT mine models buried in a set of test lanes. The AT mines were either plastic or metal cased and filled with either TNT or Comp B; the AP mines were plastic cased and filled with either TNT or RDX. This report outlines the current capability that is expected from both a vehicle-mounted and hand-held version of the NQR system.