The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on the US military's ability to use landmines, weapons banned by more than 160 countries due to their history of killing and wounding civilians, multiple Defense Department officials say.
The move represents a major reversal from the approach of the Obama administration which in 2014 committed the US to largely adhering to the 1997 Ottawa Convention, the international agreement which banned the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. The Obama policy committed to replacing landmines in the US stockpile after they expire and directed the destruction of stockpiles not required for the defense of South Korea.
The Ottawa Convention, also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, states that the treaty's signatories were"determined to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines, that kill or maim hundreds of people every week, mostly innocent and defenseless civilians and especially children, obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons and have other severe consequences for years...
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