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The Asian Military Revolutionby Peter A. Lorge
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00Explores the impact of the Chinese invention of gunpowder on the surrounding Asian region. more...
Rethinking Governance of the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plantsby Ellen M. Pint; Bruce Held; Michael Hynes
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95With its large industrial base of ammunition plants and arsenals, the Army has more ordnance manufacturing capacity than it needs. This study proposes a strategic vision for this capacity and explores options for managing it, including privatization and creation of a federal government corporation. more...
Options for Managing the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plantsby Bruce Held; Michael Hynes; W. Michael Hix; David Oaks; Edward Keating
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95US Army facilities provide a significant part of its ordance material and ammunition. This briefing looks at four options for their future: privatization, creating a Federal Government Corporation, consolidation and recapitalization. more...
Unexploded Ordnanceby Jacqueline McDonald; Debra Knopman; J.R. Lockwood; Gary Cecchine; Henry H. Willis
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Evaluates the technical soundness of existing methods for assessing the risks posed by unexploded ordnance at U.S. military installations. This report examines methods for assessing the risks of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on former military training land, particularly sites on closed or transferred bases that will be or have been converted to civilian use. This work is the first to analyze in detail all the approaches the Army has developed to assess the risks of UXO sites, recommending ways for the Army to develop risk assessment protocols acceptable to all parties with an interest in UXO sites. more...
Assessing the Use of Other Transactions Authority for Prototype Projectsby Giles Smith; Jeffrey Drezner; Irving Lachow
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95"Other Transactions" authority provides the Department of Defense with the latest commercial market technologies while reducing the burden of an extensive procurement process to the contractor. more...
Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup Costsby Jacqueline MacDonald
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Examines cost estimation for the remediation of unexploded ordnance on closed military installations, the difficulties of accurately estimating cleanup costs, and the major effects that different cleanup requirements and methods can have on cost. more...
Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identificationby James B. Crippin
CRC Press 2005; US$ 149.95Forensic specialist James B Crippin provides detailed descriptions and identification capabilities for 468 different explosives and chemical weapon formulations, making this illustrated volume a useful reference for forensic professionals. more...
Machine Gunsby James H. Willbanks
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 85.00This is a look at the history of the machine gun and how it revolutionized modern ground combat. It provides technical details on all significant models of machine guns from their introduction in the late 1800s to the present and includes a list of machine guns in chronological order. more...
Military Gadgetsby Nicholas D. Evans
Pearson Education 2007; US$ 18.36This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Coalition soldiers in the war in Iraq had access to the most extraordinary array of high-tech weapons ever created. In Military Gadgets, one of the world's leading consultants on emerging technology introduces more than 100 of today's most exciting and advanced military technologies--and tomorrow's. Gadgets expert Nicholas D. Evans offers easy-to-read descriptions of what each technology does, how it's used in combat and why it's better than traditional methods. Evans covers the entire spectrum of military hardware: electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and laser technologies; "tactical Internet" and "digital... more...