Why is AddRelativeForce not adding force to player?

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Hi, I want my player (a capsule) to have a force added when colliding with a land mine (which is a cube). Specifically, I want the player to sort of 'fly off' in a random direction when close to the land mine (I checked is trigger for landmine and extended collision zone). Here's my script for collision detection, which is attached to the landmine:

C#:
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class LandMine : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public GameObject explosionPref; // an explosion prefab, I put one in inspector slot
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
        
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
        
     }
 
     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other){
         if (other.gameObject.tag == "player"){ // detect player
             GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = false;
             explosionPref.SetActive(true); //active explosion
             other.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddRelativeForce(Random.onUnitSphere * 3); // not working....????
             Invoke("DestroyLandMine",2); // remove landmine after explosion
         }
     }
 
     void DestroyLandMine(){
         Destroy(gameObject);
     }
 }
As you can see, the addrelativeforce line isn't working for some reason, and I'm not sure why and how to fix it. Can someone please help? thanks.
 
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When tinkering, I found *3 to be extremely low. Low enough that it was unnoticeable. But, 300 or 1000 worked just fine. Try cranking up the force?
 

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