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In this instance, it was a claymore mine — an explosive that sprays shrapnel toward its targets — that had a trip wire.

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White said companies made specialized claymores to end barricades and scrambled to equip body-worn cameras with facial recognition software, but departments didn’t want them.

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Then an American officer pointed out some of the defenses along the military demarcation line, including barbed-wire fences and claymore mines.

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U.S. troops litter the countryside with claymore mines.

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Mr. Hansen’s airplane was carrying a load of claymore mines and hand grenades.

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