Stealing the sword [electronic resource] : limiting terrorist use of advanced conventional weapons / James Bonomo [and others]
Part of a series examining the technology competition between security organizations and terrorist organizations, this report focuses on understanding how terrorist groups make technology choices and consequently how the United States can discourage their adoption of advanced conventional weapons. F...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corp.,
2007.
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| Summary: | Part of a series examining the technology competition between security organizations and terrorist organizations, this report focuses on understanding how terrorist groups make technology choices and consequently how the United States can discourage their adoption of advanced conventional weapons. Five types of advanced conventional weapons are identified that could provide terrorists with a new and qualitatively different weapon capability: sniper rifles, squad-level weapons, antitank missiles, large limpet mines, and mortar systems. Two key methods of limiting the threat from these systems i. |
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| Item Description: | "MG-510"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 126 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126) |
| ISBN: | 9780833042873 0833042874 1281181269 9781281181268 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |