03166nam 2200541 a 450 991081151330332120200520144314.00-309-17116-40-309-50272-1(CKB)110986584753306(EBL)3375250(SSID)ssj0000101632(PQKBManifestationID)11109145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101632(PQKBWorkID)10065242(PQKB)10429241(MiAaPQ)EBC3375250(EXLCZ)9911098658475330620010620d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlternative 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 Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. ;[Great Britain] National Academy Pressc20011 online resource (xv, 123 pages) : illustrationsDescription 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 verso0-309-07349-9 ""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""Examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the US target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. The text emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons to be used more selectively.Land minesMines (Military explosives)Land mines.Mines (Military explosives)355.825115National Research Council (U.S.) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811513303321Alternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines4113622UNINA