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But I've read (and am not proclaiming to be an expert) that once they've been 'fired' there's no turning them off. They just explode. You can pre-empt or trigger the explosion, but you can't make them safe - so there's no picking them up for a photo op.
Their specific design does not allow them to be either
safely neutralized or disarmed.That photo above may just be a reference so people know what they look like, but if the above link is true I would hope it's not being used as a 'here look what ruzzians did' (because they're doing awful shit already and don't need it to be embellished. Without knowing the source or context of the image/text it's hard to say.
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That photo above may just be a reference so people know what they look like.
That sound more plausible, that or they did managed to safety move them together.
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You can pick them up and move them with a long plastic scoop. It's in the Wikipedia article linked to in the OP
The PFM-1(S) mines can be destroyed by mechanical or explosive means; they cannot be disarmed. The mines are generally moved using a scoop that is at least 3 meters long, and has soft materials used in its construction (for example, plastic).
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Recently collected and put together for photo surely?