An Evaluation of the U.S. Policy on Anti-Personnel Landmines

Abstract

Landmines have received a great deal of attention. Debating their utility has become a major military/humanitarian issue. Current U.S. policy on anti-personnel landmines (APL) consists of three major positions. The first position is banning the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of APL. The second position is to develop APL alternatives through aggressive research and development. The last position is to improve mine detection and clearing technology for current and future humanitarian demining operations. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate each major position against what has been done to date (looking at ends, ways, and means) and then extrapolate this out to the years 2020-2025. This paper evaluates the current policy's effectiveness by looking at the various programs implemented and actions taken to date. It concludes with recommended changes to U.S. Policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364457

Entities

People

  • Dale A. Carr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Area Denial
  • Arms Control
  • Detection
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Land Mines
  • Mine Warfare
  • Minefields
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Scatterable Mines
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Computer Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies