Affordable Tools to Find and Mark Underwater Explosive Ordnance

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Background & Problem Statement Solution Requirements Background & Problem Statement BackgroundFollowing conflicts across the world, millions of tonnes of explosives remain underwater in inland, ocean, and coastal waters. Whether dumped post-conflict, sunk in combat, unexploded following failed deployment, or from inland battles that spilled into waterways, the hidden danger of underwater explosive ordnance now affects communities across the world.The problem of explosive ordnance (EO) is pervasive and global. In contexts where the UN is engaged in Mine Action, from the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, through to modern conflict spillover in Yemen and Ukraine, the lack of knowledge about the location of underwater EO hampers the lives and livelihoods of communities who rely on these wa...