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The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons

The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons

Koplow, David A.

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0521119510
ISBN13: 9780521119511
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 30 2009
Pages: 284
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military operations other than war (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new generations of useable weaponry should enable the U.S. military to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with legal obligations, public relations realities, and political constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding precision-guided smart bombs, low-yield nuclear weapons, self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.

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