1 major issue with landmines is that it cannot ID friend, foe, or non-combatant.
How I hope these are designed as not that the batteries used are only good for 2 weeks, but instead uses a full battery. But the unit uses so much energy that it drains the battery or excess battery power is drained as a 2 week timer is up. I have XP with a brand new bought battery from a store and it only lasted a few months in my RDS. So I assume any batteries the military has, some are not at full charge since they're sitting in a warehouse for a while.
Maybe the government is saying 2 weeks,but it can be set longer. So the Russians wait 2 weeks then attack and boom. Mines still good.
My problem with the battery-centric safety feature is that, as you eluded to, not all batteries are created equal. Some might last a few days longer and others a few days shorter. Temperature can affect battery life. The article says they can tell the mines when to arm and when to go into autonomous mode. is that a preset before being placed, or a remote signal to change settings?
Sounds like these 'smarter' mines are going to be susceptible to hacking. And if the settings can be changed remotely, what happens when comms are down at the moment they need to have the mines arm or disarm? What happens if the other side figures out how to program them against you?
I really need to research these things. Today is the first I ever heard of them.
Mines are booby traps, meaning they are indiscriminate killers. Ukrainian, Russian, American, Military, civilian, human, animal, .... Unless a human is able to see the target and manually trigger detonation, it's a booby trap. That's why civilians are victims of AP mines disproportionately compared to military.