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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454585803321

Titolo

Managing materials for a twenty-first century military [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile, National Materials Advisory Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-30016-0

9786611300166

0-309-11258-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

355.621

Soggetti

Strategic materials - Military aspects

Strategic materials - Government policy - United States - Evaluation

Strategic materials - United States - Management

Raw materials - United States - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Overview: Observations, Conclusions, and Recommendations""; ""2 Historical Context""; ""3 Raw Materials and Minerals Supply""; ""4 Changing Defense Planning and Defense Materials Needs""; ""5 Managing Today�s Materials Supply Chains""; ""6 Current Operational Practices of the National Defense Stockpile""; ""Appendixes""; ""A: Stockpile History""; ""B: U.S. Defense Strategy""; ""C: Defining Twenty-first Century Defense Materials Needs""; ""D: Rare Earth Elements""; ""E: Other U.S. Stockpiles""

""F: Case Study: Beryllium""""G: Committee Membership""; ""H: Acronyms""