| Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Office of International Affairs (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309073499 ISBN-13: 9780309073493 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: 355.825 |
| LCCN: 2001088182 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 7.19" W x 9.6" (0.89 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons to be used more selectively, reducing the danger to uninvolved civilians while improving the effectiveness of the U.S. military. Landmines are an important weapon in the U.S. military's arsenal but the persistent variety can cause unintended casualties, to both civilians and friendly forces. New technologies could replace some, but not all, of the U.S. military's antipersonnel landmines by 2006. In the period following 2006, emerging technologies might eliminate the landmine totally, while retaining the necessary functionalities that today's mines provide to the military. |