Safety & Security

Massoud Hassani

Mine Kafon landmine-clearing device

Netherlands · AfghanistanEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

Massoud Hassani invented Mine Kafon, a wind-driven device intended to trigger mines from a distance, and developed the related Mine Kafon Drone system. These purpose-built clearance machines focus attention on the physical danger and enormous cost of removing explosive remnants from civilian landscapes.

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What Massoud did

Invented the Mine Kafon wind-driven landmine-clearing device and led its subsequent Mine Kafon Drone hardware programme.

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Why it matters

Mine Kafon was collected by MoMA and developed into a drone system for safer aerial mapping and detection in mine-affected areas.

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Living-status check

Mine Kafon's history page, published in 2026, identifies Hassani as the project's creator and records the current Mine Kafon hardware programme, positive evidence he was alive in 2026.