Twenty-First Century Weapons Proliferation: Are We Ready?James M. Ludes, Henry Sokolski Routledge, 2014 M01 14 - 208 pages Leading US security practitioners fromt he Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, plus other experts on proliferation, clarify the weapons proliferation threats that the US and its allies will face, and suggest what new policies their governments should consider. |
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... attack. Unthinkable, you might be tempted to say. But US and Russian scientists spent decades weighing the pros and cons of attacks like this. Now others, from Baghdad to Pyongyang to Beijing, are avidly studying the arts of this kind ...
... attack. Unthinkable, you might be tempted to say. But US and Russian scientists spent decades weighing the pros and cons of attacks like this. Now others, from Baghdad to Pyongyang to Beijing, are avidly studying the arts of this kind ...
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... attack using the effects of electromagnetic pulse or the use of chemical weapons on forward military bases by simply not putting them in war games. That makes it easier for players to look good - a major objective of the modern military ...
... attack using the effects of electromagnetic pulse or the use of chemical weapons on forward military bases by simply not putting them in war games. That makes it easier for players to look good - a major objective of the modern military ...
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... attacks, which all fizzled. It had the scenario figured out: a subway train acts like a giant piston and could move ... attack. Then there is radiation sickness: 'the usual vomiting and nausea followed, in more or less rapid succession ...
... attacks, which all fizzled. It had the scenario figured out: a subway train acts like a giant piston and could move ... attack. Then there is radiation sickness: 'the usual vomiting and nausea followed, in more or less rapid succession ...
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... attack the involuntary nervous system, leading quickly to death. One obvious problem here, I thought as we bumped along, was that we had no handy detection device that could quickly distinguish nerve gas. If the threat were biological ...
... attack the involuntary nervous system, leading quickly to death. One obvious problem here, I thought as we bumped along, was that we had no handy detection device that could quickly distinguish nerve gas. If the threat were biological ...
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... attack happened. Would you like to read a real thriller? Would you like to grapple with real scenarios that could happen to you, your family, your children, your work force, your friends, your city, your country? Find a soft chair and ...
... attack happened. Would you like to read a real thriller? Would you like to grapple with real scenarios that could happen to you, your family, your children, your work force, your friends, your city, your country? Find a soft chair and ...
Contents
HOW APPROPRIATE IS OUR RESPONSE? | |
PART III IS THERE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM? | |
Notes on Contributors | |
Index | |
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Twenty-first Century Weapons Proliferation: Are We Ready? Henry D. Sokolski,James M. Ludes Limited preview - 2001 |
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