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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454706903321

Titolo

Disrupting improvised explosive device terror campaigns [[electronic resource] ] : basic research opportunities ; a workshop report / / Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-80038-4

9786611800383

0-309-12421-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 p.)

Disciplina

303.625

Soggetti

Explosives - Detection

Explosives - Safety measures

Terrorism - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Report of two workshops held in February 2008 in Irvine, CA. and in March 2008 in Washington, D.C.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 FINDING THE WEAK LINKS (WORKSHOP 1)""; ""3 PREDICTING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ACTIVITIES (WORKSHOP 2)""; ""4 WORKSHOP THEMES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A: PARTICIPANT-GENERATED LISTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS""; ""APPENDIX B: LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS""; ""APPENDIX C: LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""GLOSSARY""