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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456033803321

Autore

Landmines Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel

Titolo

Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2001

ISBN

0-309-50272-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StaffNational Research Council

Disciplina

355.8

Soggetti

Land mines

Mines (Military explosives)

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""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""