Alternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines /
[Book]
Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council.
"This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. V101(93)P-1637,TO#16 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Defense."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-82).
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 National Security Environments and the Context for Landmines""; ""3 Current Uses of Antipersonnel Landmines""; ""4 Evaluation Methodology""; ""5 Alternatives Available Today""; ""6 Alternatives Available by 2006""; ""7 Alternatives Potentially Available After 2006""; ""8 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""
""Appendix B Committee Meetings""""Appendix C Current Types of U.S. Landmines""; ""Appendix D Value of Antipersonnel Landmines in Unprotected Mixed Minefields""; ""Appendix E The Ottawa Convention and Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons""; ""Appendix F Signatories to the Ottawa Convention and Their Alternatives to Landmines""; ""Appendix G Mission Need Statements""
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Alternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines.
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Land mines.
Mines (Military explosives)
HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
Land mines.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military & Naval Science.
Military Engineering.
Mines (Military explosives)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
HIS-- 027130
TEC-- 025000
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National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
National Research Council (U.S.)., Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.
National Research Council (U.S.)., Office of International Affairs.