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I have no concept of mines - is that a lot or just a small amount for that area?
According to wikipedia The border between Poland and Russia is 232km long. So one million mines spread out over 232 km would come down to one mine ever 23cm. So yeah, this is a lot.
So north Korean border has around two million.
If they were put there by North Korea, are 90% of them made of cardboard like the display fruit in their fake supermarkets?
Landmines are really easy, so probably not
Assuming Belarus and russian (kilingrad) borders 626km in length, assume 1 km deep 626km^2, million/626= 1597
Then 1km2/ 1597 = 626
So 1 in every 20x30m space
If only 500m deep then one every 20x15m
That about the size of a house and garden
I would think a million is a lot for any amount of anything except for like grains of rice
"I love rice when I'm hungry and want 2,000 of something."