Fecha de publicación: 05/01/2000 Fuente: WIPO "royal booby" An apparatus (20) for destroying a buried object (22) includes a targeting system (26) including a sensor (28) operable to detect the presence and location of an object (22) which is at least partially buried in the ground, a gun system including a gun (30) operable to fire a projectile (32) into the ground, and a control system (34) that aims the gun (30) responsive to the presence and location of the buried object (22) as determined by the targeting system (26). The sensor (28) also desirably detects the presence and location of the projectile (32) fired by the gun system, and the gun pointer is responsive to the location of the projectile (32). The sensor (28) thus detects the presence of the buried object (22), the control system (34) aims the gun (30) at the buried object (22), and the gun (30) fires the projectile (32). The sensor (28) detects the relative positions of the buried object (22) and the projectile (32) as it passes near the buried object (22), the control system (34) corrects the aim of the gun (30) in the event that the prior shot misses, and the gun (30) fires another projectile (32) with a corrected aim.