Author: Tom

Exercise Blue 18

Equipment
1 traffic cone / 1 medium rope/ tape to mark boundary / 4 short ropes	1 pole/ broom handle / 1 plank / 1 ‘detonator’ (small, random object)

Time Limit	Area Required	Preparation Time
15 minutes	Small	5 minutes

This requires a traffic cone, with and opening at the top of the peak.
Place a small object (the detonator) under the traffic cone and ten mark out an exclusion zone around the cone. The cone should be about 1 mans length (2m) in RADIUS (4m in diameter).
The cadets must arrange to get close enough and see into the cone without touching it or the ground around it.
Can be easily set up in the corner of a room.
Change the object between groups.

Mystery Mine

Exercise Blue 18

I will read the following exercise to you twice. On the first reading listen carefully, you may take notes on the second reading and have the opportunity to ask questions. Are you ready?
A new enemy mine has been discovered, and it is thought to be a boobytrapped anti-personnel mine. It is disguised to look like a traffic cone, but could easily be lethal up to a range of 10 m. A team of explosive experts have been summoned, and they will need to know what the likely trigger mechanism is by the time they arrive here. / Your task is to identify the trigger mechanism, which lies inside the mine, without disturbing it. / No one is to touch the ground inside the exclusion zone, in case it activates the mine. / You have 15 minutes to report back to the explosives specialists, so that they can make arrangements to safely defuse the device.
You have 3 minutes from the end of this briefing to brief your team and then 15 minutes to complete the task. / Have you any questions? / (answer by re-reading the relevant part of the briefing) / Check understanding: / What cannot touch the ground in the marked zone? (People) / When will the explosives experts arrive? (15 minutes)

Mystery Mine

OUTLINE - STAFF EYES ONLY

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CADET BRIEF

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