Operational Impact of the U.S. Anti-Personnel Land Mine Ban.

Abstract

On March 1, 1999, the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty (the Convention on the Prohibition, Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction) went into force. The NCA directed that the Department of Defense have alternatives to anti-personnel land (APL) mines in place so that by the year 2006 we end the use of all APL mines. It is unlikely alternative new technologies will be fully fielded by this date. This paper discusses the factors which led the President to direct the elimination of all anti-personnel land mines. The paper argues that the current DoD-wide assumption that the U.S. will retain self-destructing anti-personnel land mines in its arsenal is incorrect and presents operational implications of an APL ban without fielded alternatives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370681

Entities

People

  • Paul L. Aswell

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Artillery
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Fire Support
  • Land Mines
  • Mine Warfare
  • Minefields
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Scatterable Mines
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering