Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines

by National Research Council, Office of International Affairs, Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, et al.

This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons to be used more selectively, reducing the danger to uninvolved civilians while improving the effectiveness of the U.S. military. Landmines are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309073499
• ISBN13: 9780309073493
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.6"