Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon - The Washington Post

The interim policy says the United States will use "remotely delivered" antipersonnel land mines only if the mines have "compliant self-destruction mechanisms and self-deactivation features." Ordnance experts have long warned that even mines that can be deactivated, called "nonpersistent" mines, have high rates of failures...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/19/hegseth-land-mines-policy-reversal/