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Analysis of comprehensive training of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense abilities in foreign armies

open access: yesDi-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2020
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense training is an essential means to deal with CBRN threats, and is given great importance by military forces in different countries.
ZHAO Yuanpeng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE “NEW START” TREATY: CAN THE USA AND RUSSIA PRESERVE EXISTING STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL?

open access: yesSrpska Politička Misao, 2021
Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (“New START”) is the last pillar of the arms control regime on which the end of the Cold War and the new ...
Marina Kostic
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution or revolution? : the impact of the 1991 Gulf War on United States Air Force doctrine : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
One of mankind's greatest accomplishments this century has been the realisation of powered flight. Aviation has significantly changed the way that humans think, live and, for better or worse, wage war.
Wairau, Warren
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The Central Intelligence Agency’s armed Remotely Piloted Vehicle-supported counter-insurgency campaign in Pakistan – a mission undermined by unintended consequences? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper views America's 'drones-first' counter-insurgency effort in Pakistan through the lens of Merton's theory of the unintended consequences of purposive action.
Bennett, Simon
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Mechanistic Insights and Pharmacological Approaches for Nitrogen and Sulfur Mustards and Their Implications as Therapeutic Agents

open access: yesJournal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nitrogen and sulfur mustards, often acting as vesicants, have significant consequences for public health. Skin is a common site for exposure to these vesicants that can result in considerable morbidity and mortality. Given that the treatment options are limited, new insights into the mechanisms for the toxicity of these vesicants that can be ...
Madison Owens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of a Multi-Polar Nuclear World

open access: yesObrana a Strategie, 2012
Nuclear warfare, being calamitous, is nevertheless, unlike popular perception, far from being apocalyptic. In the article, we consider possible scenarios of nuclear war in a multi-polar nuclear world, arguing that a democratic society has good chances of
Yehoshua Socol   +2 more
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« Tu n’as rien vu [en Irak] » : Logistique de l’aperception dans Generation Kill

open access: yesTV Series, 2016
As Paul Virilio has argued, warfare has relied since the First World War on a “logistics of military perception”. My argument in this paper is that Generation Kill does more than merely confirm the huge part played by technology in modern warfare.
Sébastien Lefait
doaj   +1 more source

PLACE Related Courses 2013-2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This document includes a complete list of all the related courses for the PLACE program at Linfield College from 2013 ...
PLACE
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Ion Chemistry in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Ionization: Recent Advances in Direct Gas Phase Analyses

open access: yesMass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dielectric barrier discharge ionization (DBDI) sources, employing low‐temperature plasma, have emerged as sensitive and efficient ionization tools with various atmospheric pressure ionization processes. In this review, we summarize a historical overview of the development of DBDI, highlighting key principles of gas‐phase ion chemistry and the ...
Kseniya Dryahina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Jurisprudence of Non-Proliferation: Taking International Law Seriously [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This essay is about the power of the international law of nonproliferation- its mounting power in the world today and its properly augmented power in an enlightened future.
Koplow, David A
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