Sensor Test Lanes: There are 4 pits for detection purposes, which were constructed several years ago. They contain four different soil types. These are London clay, normal soil, sand and aggregate. The targets are a mixture of inert landmines and clutter objects. The inert landmines are filled with a substance, which has a similar dielectric constant to explosive. A picture of some of the pits can be seen below.
Test Track: Consists of a 3.22km (2 mile) high speed asphalt course with banked curves, Tilt platform (capable of tilting a loaded tank transporter trailer), a wading pool, test slopes (1-in-4 to 1-in 7.3), S-bends, Slip Pad and several other vehicle testing facilities. The site is designed to accommodate tracked vehicles up to 80 tonnes and heavy transporters up to 120 tonnes
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New Mine Test Lanes - Chertsey: The test lanes at QinetiQ Chertsey consist of two main areas: soil bins and mine lanes.
- Soil bins have soil, gravel, clay & sand areas, and do not have any permanent mine targets buried.
- Mine lanes consist of two 30m long by 2m wide areas with
- AP mines
- AT mines
- Radar & metal detector clutter
- AP mines in clutter
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