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UNINA9910811513303321 |
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Titolo |
Alternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines / / Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council |
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Washington, D.C. ; ; [Great Britain], : National Academy Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-17116-4 |
0-309-50272-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 123 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Land mines |
Mines (Military explosives) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
"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 |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the US target date for signing an international treaty banning |
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