New Technology Required to Implement U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy.

Abstract

Current U.S. APL policy seeks to accomplish three major objectives. First, it seeks to ensure that American military personnel will have the tools they need to accomplish their global responsibilities. Second, it seeks to ensure that U.S. APL do not cause unintended casualties. It also expands the U.S. role in reducing casualties by non-U.S. landmines. Third, it seeks a responsible treaty to ban APL without unduly compromising military concerns. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how the development and application of improved mine, countermine, and demining technology could facilitate, significantly in some cases, the three major APL policy objectives of the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 28, 1998
Accession Number
ADA342303

Entities

People

  • James G. May

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Countermeasures
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • Identification Systems
  • Land Mines
  • Metal Detectors
  • Military Personnel
  • Minefields
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design