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The Weaponization of Space: Divided Viewpoints, Uncertain Directions [PDF]
, 2004 Outlines the discussions around the issue of space-based weaponry, what role global leaders should play in addressing the issue, and its effect on the delicate political and military balances that have existed between the U.S.
Barry Rosenberg
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]
, 2010 This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
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How many shots are enough? Optimizing precision measurements when testing lead‐free ammunition
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Growing concern about lead exposure in scavenging wildlife and the consumers of game meat has increased interest in evaluating the performance of lead‐free rifle ammunition. Testing both accuracy and precision helps ensure reliable shot placement while reducing the risk of non‐fatal woundings.
Michael McTee +2 more
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The ISCIP Analyst, Volume V, Issue 9 [PDF]
, 2000 This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Burk, Nicholas +9 more
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Ballistic Missile Defence – Technology, Effectiveness and Organization – Key Issues
Politeja, 2017 The article serves as an introduction to the set of papers that are devoted to the issue of ballistic missile defence as seen from the Polish perspective.
Marek Czajkowski
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Forensic ballistics is essential in analyzing evidence from firearm use in criminal investigations, with gunshot residue (GSR) detection providing key information about the firearm and shooting conditions. Traditional methods like spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have limitations in sensitivity, cost, and accessibility ...
Paulo Tonin +2 more
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The Threat from European Missile Defence System to Russian National Security
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014 The article analyses the political and military aspects of progress in the dialogue between Russia and the U.S./NATO on cooperation in missile defense; investigates the past experiences and current state of cooperation between Russia and the Alliance on ...
Alexey I. Podberezkin +1 more
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Space and the Atom: On the Popular Geopolitics of Cold War Rocketry [PDF]
, 2008 This paper considers the imbricated domains of space exploration and Cold War geopolitics by following the trajectory of the 'Corporal', the world's first guided missile authorised to carry a nuclear warhead.
MacDonald, Fraser
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An inherent divide features within the Lisbon Treaty between civilian and military/security competences; something previously more obvious via the ‘pillar system's’ separations. This division follows the Member States (MS) (natural) protection of their military/defence autonomy; their core sovereign powers.
Charlie J. P. Bennett
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The Continuing Quest for Missile Defense: When Lofty Goals Confront Reality
, 2018 For almost three quarters of a century, the United States has spent billions of dollars and countless person-hours in the pursuit of a national missile defense system that would protect the country from intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) carrying
Pella, Peter J.
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