LEADER 03282nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910961688703321 005 20251116141121.0 010 $a9780309171168 010 $a0309171164 010 $a9780309502726 010 $a0309502721 035 $a(CKB)110986584753306 035 $a(EBL)3375250 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109145 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10065242 035 $a(PQKB)10429241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3375250 035 $a(Perlego)4735915 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584753306 100 $a20010620d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAlternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines /$fCommittee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. ;$a[Great Britain] $cNational Academy Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 123 pages) : illustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 300 $a"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 311 1 $a9780309073493 311 1 $a0309073499 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aExamines 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. 606 $aLand mines 606 $aMines (Military explosives) 615 0$aLand mines. 615 0$aMines (Military explosives) 676 $a355.825115 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. 712 02$aNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961688703321 996 $aAlternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines$94358483 997 $aUNINA