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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
| 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 |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. ; ; [Great Britain], : National Academy Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 123 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 355.825115 |
| Soggetto topico |
Land mines
Mines (Military explosives) |
| ISBN |
0-309-17116-4
0-309-50272-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811513303321 |
| Washington, D.C. ; ; [Great Britain], : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mine warfare : 1st Australian task force's struggle for South Vietnam / / Andrew Ross
| Mine warfare : 1st Australian task force's struggle for South Vietnam / / Andrew Ross |
| Autore | Ross Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newport, New South Wales : , : Big Sky Publishing Pty, Limited, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (158 pages) |
| Disciplina | 355.825115 |
| Collana |
U.S. Navy NWP
U.S. Marine Corps MCWP |
| Soggetto topico |
Mines (Military explosives) - Detection
Military readiness |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Handbooks and manuals. |
| ISBN | 1-922488-27-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Glossary of terms -- Series introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Zen and the art of mine warfare: enemy mine warfare tactics in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 2: The pattern of casualties from mine warfare in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 3: Why the enemy mine campaign collapsed -- Chapter 4: Enemy use of command-detonated mines -- Chapter 5: Containing the armour of 1ATF: anti-tank mines -- Chapter 6: A 1ATF exercise in self-destruction: enemy use of M16 mines -- Chapter 7: More anti-personnel mines: Viet Cong improvisation and tactics -- Chapter 8: Taming the battlefield: 1ATF mine countermeasures -- Chapter 9: 1ATF mine warfare against the VC/PAVN -- Chapter 10: Turning the sea toxic: civilian mine casualties in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 11: Conclusions -- Appendix A: The computer databases and methodology of this study -- Appendix B: Mine countermeasures adopted by 1ATF -- Appendix C: Mine warfare and 1RAR May 1965 to June 1966 -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910714336403321 |
Ross Andrew
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| Newport, New South Wales : , : Big Sky Publishing Pty, Limited, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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