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Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology
This essay examines the legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. This multinational treaty was an important milestone in the history of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...
Walter E. Grunden, Olli H. Tuovinen
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Research Status of Advanced Composites and Its Application Prospect in Airborne Weapons [PDF]

open access: yesHangkong bingqi, 2023
Material technologies are the material basis for the upgrading of weapons and equipment. Owing to the advantages of light weight, high strength, design ability, corrosion resistance and high temperature resistance, advanced composites can be applied to ...
Luo Chuyang, Shang Menghan, Zhu Longyu, Bi Ran, Guo Dongwang, Li Niannian
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The Iconography of Weapons in Coptic Paintings from the Fourth Century till the Thirteenth Century AD [PDF]

open access: yesالمجلة الدولية للتراث والسياحة والضيافة, 2022
Weapons, particularly the spear, lance, sword, and the protective shield appeared on a great scale in Coptic paintings as early as the fourth century onwards.  These scenes are usually found on the walls of churches and monasteries, in which the military
Sara Kitat, Engy Fekry
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Chinese views on nuclear weapons: Evidence from an online survey

open access: yesResearch & Politics, 2021
What are Chinese public attitudes regarding nuclear weapons? Although scholars have studied Chinese elites’ views on nuclear weapons, surprisingly little is known about the views of China’s public.
Naomi Egel, R. Lincoln Hines
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Hypersonic Weapons – Selected Political and Strategic Issues

open access: yesPoliteja, 2022
This article aims to shed some light on the impact of the emergence of hypersonic weapons on strategic and political realities. Firstly, it briefly describes the underlying laws of physics and technologies related to hypersonics.
Marek Czajkowski
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Principles of International Humanitarian Law in the Face of New Military Weapons: Challenges and Solutions [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشهای حقوقی, 2023
With the advent of new weapons of different nature and type of use on the battlefields in recent regional and international conflicts and the increasing development of weapons of the autonomous, intelligent, UAV and non-lethal weapons, most activists and
Hossein Sharifi Tarazkoohi   +2 more
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Understanding the nature and threats of drug trafficking to national and regional security in West Africa

open access: yesStability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2014
Several West African states are threatened by increasingly powerful transnational organised criminal networks. Yet, scholarly work on the nature, characteristics and strength of these groups and how their activities threaten states remains ...
Kwesi Aning, John Pokoo
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The transformation of outer space into a warfighting domain in the 21st century [PDF]

open access: yesMeđunarodni Problemi, 2021
The article deals with the process of the transformation of outer space into a warfighting domain in the 21st century. During the Cold War, outer space was a place of understanding and peaceful competition between superpowers. Militarization has existed
Bogdan Stojanović
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Contemplating a Cyber Weapons Convention: An Exploration of Good Practice and Necessary Preconditions

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2020
Despite being a crucially important domain for states, businesses, and individuals, cyberspace still suffers from a regulation deficit. This article takes up one such dangerously underregulated area: cyber warfare and regulation of cyber weapons.
Kalpokienė Julija, Kalpokas Ignas
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FABRICATION ET DETENTION D’ARMES LEGERES ET DE PETITS CALIBRES EN RDC : l’impératif d’une reforme législative

open access: yesKAS African Law Study Library, 2016
This paper reflects on making ang holdingSmall Arms and Light Weapons in DRC. It ar- gues that the Small Arms and Light Weapons legal framework in Congo DRC needs reform in order to respond to international and regional rules and increasing the national ...
BAHELLABY Timothée
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