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Geick, James L. "Nuclear weapons and the revolution in military affairs." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA379585.
Full textThesis advisors: Yost, David S.; Wirtz, James J. "June 2000." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
Brickner, William K. "An analysis of the kill chain for time critical strike." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FBrickner.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Patricia A. Jacobs, Donald P. Gaver. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95). Also available online.
Vossen, Terrence John 1962 Carleton University Dissertation International Affairs. "The proliferation of aerospace weapons technology; ballistic missiles and the case of Brazil." Ottawa.:, 1993.
Find full textSeng, Chor Chow. "A business case analysis of the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Dec/08Dec%5FSeng.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Nussbaum, Daniel. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 29, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51). Also available in print.
McCormack, P. J. "The nature of the British soldier : warrior or weapons platform : a philosophical framework." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2016. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10988.
Full textWatkins, Amadeo. "Development of the Yugoslav military industry 1918-1991." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270226.
Full textSmallwood, Katie. "Truth, science and chemical weapons : expert advice and the impact of technical change on the Chemical Weapons Convention." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2398/.
Full textDando, Malcolm R. "The New Biological Weapons: Threat, Proliferation, and Control." Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3933.
Full textAlfonso, Grisko R. "Impact of defense industry mergers on the cost of military weapons systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FAlfonso.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Hensel, Nayantara. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36). Also available in print.
Alloush, Ayman. "A comprehensive conventional weapons convention : military expenditure, conflict, democracy, and development nexus." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/4030.
Full textMartin, Ian A. "Origins of Roman Infantry Equipment: Innovation and Celtic Influence." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609154/.
Full textThorne, Nicholas Owen. "Weapons for Peace or War? The Role of Military Independence in Militarized Interstate Disputes." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595997.
Full textAnderson, Colin M. "Generalized weapon effectiveness modeling." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FAnderson.pdf.
Full textOno, Reyn SP. "The Secret Weapons of World War II: An Analysis of Hitler's Chemical Weapons Policy." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/944.
Full textDavison, N. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Occasional Paper No. 1. The Early History of ¿Non-Lethal¿ Weapons." University of Bradford, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3994.
Full textThis paper explores the early history of ¿non-lethal¿1 weapons development covering the period from the 1960¿s, when several diverse weapons were first grouped together in one category and described as ¿non-lethal¿ by law enforcement end-users and policymakers, until 1989, just before the hugely increased interest in the field that developed during the 1990¿s amongst both police and military organisations. It describes the origins and emergence of new weapons, examining this process with reference to technological advances, wider socio-political context, legal developments, and evolution of associated institutional structures. Developments in both the policing and military spheres are considered as well as the interconnections between them. Necessarily this paper focuses on events in the US2, in part because it led the way in this field but also because sources of information on US activities are more readily available.3.
Meteyer, David O. "The art of peace : dissuading China from developing counter space weapons /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA435590.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Daniel J. Moran. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101). Also available online.
Davison, N. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Occasional Paper No. 3. The Contemporary Development of ¿Non-Lethal¿ Weapons." University of Bradford, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3996.
Full textThis is the third in a series of Occasional Papers published by the Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project. It addresses the contemporary development of anti-personnel ¿non-lethal¿1 weapons, covering the period from 2000 to 2006 inclusive2 and focusing on the research and development programmes of the US Department of Defense and Department of Justice. Following Occasional Paper No. 1, The Early History of "Non-Lethal" Weapons,3 and Occasional Paper No. 2, The Development of ¿Non-Lethal¿ Weapons During the 1990¿s,4 this paper completes our analysis of the overall development of ¿non-lethal¿ weapons from their inception up to the present day.
Cullen, Timothy M. "Lethality, legality, and reality : non-lethal weapons for offensive air support /." Maxwell AFB, Ala. : School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=a2337c60-326b-4da1-ba03-8aa903e963d9&rs=PublishedSearch.
Full textRosales, Rick. "A legacy of excellence the USAF weapons school's challenge to maintain standards." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FRosales.pdf.
Full textSheddan, Marylin Kellett. "Policy implications of a permanenet US presence on moon." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/32850.
Full textRomero, Edward C. "Impact of the defense Critical Technologies Plan on weapon systems Test and Evaluation." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA242952.
Full textThesis Advisor: Doyle, Dick. Second Reader: Hochberger, Lyle K. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 1, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Test and evaluation, weapon systems, research management, critical technologies, CTP (critical technologies plan), military planning, technology forecasting, planning programming budgeting, simulation, parallel processing, computerized simulation, test equipment, electronic equipment, detectors. Author(s) subject terms: Test and Evaluation, Critical Technologies Plan, technology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136). Also available in print.
Rosenwasser, Jon Jason. "Governance structure and weapon innovation : the case of unmanned aerial vehicles /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2004.
Find full textAdviser: Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. Submitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 421-445). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;
Goodwin, Deborah. "Words and weapons : the nature of tactical level military negotiation in a context of violence." Thesis, University of Reading, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553104.
Full textIntintolo, John A. "A life cycle analysis of the potential role of commercial computer equipment in military trainers as applied to maritime patrol aviation." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232009-020021/.
Full textNordmann, Brian D. "The tyranny of experts analytic misperception and the rise of state-run biological weapons programs /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3368.
Full textVita: p. 337. Thesis director: Christopher J. Davis. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biodefense. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 19, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-336). Also issued in print.
Ilg, Mark Dean Chang Bor-Chin. "Guidance, navigation, and control for munitions /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/2831.
Full textVirlan, Serkan. "Issues and concerns in international codevelopment efforts." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FVirlan.pdf.
Full textNesbitt, Diana Marie. "Strategic Missile Defense: Russian and U.S. Policies and Their Effects on Future Weapons Proliferation." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6002.
Full textKinman, Bret C. "The Army before last military transformation and the impact of nuclear weapons on the US Army during the early Cold War." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1398.
Full textThis thesis analyzes the impact of nuclear weapon on the doctrine and force structure of the US Army during the Early Cold War (1947-1957). It compares these impacts with those that occurred on the US Air Force and Navy during that time. Nuclear weapons brought a new aspect to warfare. Their unprecedented economy of destructive power changed the way nations viewed warfare. For the Army, nuclear weapons presented a dual challenge. The Army faced a US security policy centered on the massive use of these weapons; the Army also struggled to understand how these weapons would be utilized on the battlefield. The nation's security policy of large scale strategic nuclear bombardment of the Soviet Union favored the Air Force and to a lesser degree the Navy. The Army viewed this policy as single minded and purposely limiting the nations options to all out nuclear war or deference to another national will. In all the Army faced an internal struggle to incorporate these weapons and an external struggle to retain a useful position within the US Defense establishment during this period.
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Clark, Philip R. "The XM777 joint lightweight 155mm Howitzer program (LW155) : a case study in program management considerations concerning the use of national arsenal assets /." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9877.
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The end of the Cold War signaled hard times ahead for both public and private manufacturers in the Nation's Defense Industry. Army-controlled manufacturing Arsenals, subject to Governmental control and requirements to maintain excess mobilization capacity, found themselves increasingly unable to compete with private industry on cost. Set-aside protectionist legislation, especially the Army Arsenal Act and the Stratton Amendments, played an increasing role in the ability of the Arsenals to obtain work. The Army Arsenal Act applies to "make or buy" decisions and the Stratton Amendment restricts the transfer of large-caliber cannon technology to foreign nations. The LW155 Joint Program Office has dealt with both statutes because it manages a multi-national weapon system with a large-caliber cannon and is scheduled for production by the Army. This report uses the LW155 Program as a case study to examine three areas of importance to a Program Manager: the application of the Army Arsenal Act to joint service programs; the prime contractor's ability to control the origin of component parts; and the constraints upon multi-national production caused by the Stratton Amendment.
Tucker, Dennis P. "Preserving United States dominance : the benefits of weaponizing the high ground /." Maxwell AFB, Ala. : School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=299bb723-5d89-4d74-9a4e-bcc36ba5a9fe&rs=PublishedSearch.
Full textNaidoo, Ramola. "The legal relationship between the United States of America and the United Kingdom with regard to nuclear weapons." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319476.
Full textWilkinson, Mark. "Playing the long game : UK secret intelligence and its relationship with chemical and biological weapons related foreign policy." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2009. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3373/.
Full textSaveleva, Larisa. "Understanding Military Implications of Nuclear Weapons : A Frame Analysis of U.S. and Russian Nuclear Policy Discourses 2017-2020." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9688.
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Mitchell, Ethan D. "Multiple beam directors for naval free electron laser weapons." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FMitchell.pdf.
Full textBiverstedt, Lola. "Return Of An Empire Or Strike Of A Rogue? : Russia Proceeds With Tactical Nuclear Weapons." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-294616.
Full textAuton, Luke Thomas Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "'A sort of middle of the road policy' : forward defence, alliance politics and the Australian Nuclear Weapons Option, 1953-1973." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. Humanities & Social Sciences, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40319.
Full textMcDonald, Bradley Michael. "African-American Family and Society on the Lands of the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, 1862-1880." W&M ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625861.
Full textGresham, Brian Michael. "The Missile Gap: A Moral Panic for an Atomic Age." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64369.
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Davison, N., and N. Lewer. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Research Report No. 6." University of Bradford, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3998.
Full textNew non-lethal technologies (weapons and delivery systems) continue to make the news, both for their civil and military applications. Technologies which were considered to be in the realm of science fiction a few years ago, are now beginning to undergo field trials or, in some cases, are being deployed with police and soldiers on active service. As this, and our previous reports have highlighted, the development of acoustic weapons (Long Range Acoustic Device) and microwave weapons (Active Denial System) have proceeded rapidly as have advances in robotic, unmanned vehicles for the delivery of both lethal and non-lethal weapons. We repeat our concern that there is a danger of these new non-lethal technologies being `rushed¿ into service (1) without thorough testing for harmful health effects, (2) without a deeper consideration of civil and human rights, (3) without full discussion of their impact on arms control treaties and conventions, and (4) without further study of their social and cultural impact. Since many such weapons will have a rheostatic capacity along the non-lethal to lethal continuum, it is important that weapons developers and manufacturers, and those charged with the responsibility of using them, are held clearly accountable and have transparent rules of engagement. Of particular concern are a new generation of biological and chemical weapons. With respect to the health impact, NATO has a panel working on NLW human effects, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Panel 073, which is due to report later this year (2004) on the Human Effects of Non-Lethal Technologies.1
Spiller, David C. "The Case of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the Outset of the Iraq War." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/54.
Full textHowell, David R. "Finding needles in a haystack a resource allocation methodology to design strategies to detect terrorist weapon development /." Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009. http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD247.pdf.
Full text"This document was submitted as a dissertation in June 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Gregory F. Treverton (Chair), Lynn E. Davis, David E. Mosher, and Walter L. Perry. Professor Kathryn Blackmond Laskey (George Mason University) was the external reader. Financial support for this dissertation was provided by RAND's National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 24, 2009). Includes bibliographical references: p. 100-105.
Davison, N., and N. Lewer. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Research Report No. 4." University of Bradford, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3973.
Full textNon-lethal weapons (NLWs) are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or material whilst minimising collateral damage to property and the environment. Existing NLWs include rubber and plastic bullets, entangling nets, chemical sprays such as OC and CS gas, and electrical stunning devices such as the `Taser¿ gun. New NLWs are on the way, which will include acoustic and microwave weapons, non-lethal landmines, malodorants, and sophisticated weapons developed through rapid advances in neuroscience and the genomics revolution. Most analysts would agree that there is a `legitimate¿ role for non-lethal weapons, both for civil and military applications. However there is considerable disagreement as to the operational effectiveness of NLWs, and the threat such weapons pose to arms conventions and international law. As usual, a balance has to be achieved where the benign advantages of developing and deploying non-lethal weapons are not outweighed by their more malign effects. In particular, emerging non-lethal technologies offer an increasing opportunity for the suppression of civil dissent and control of populations ¿ these are sometimes referred to as the `technologies of political control¿. There is a continuing need for sustained and informed commentary to such developments which highlights the impact and threats that these technologies pose to civil liberties and human rights. Because the last BNLWP Report was produced in August 2001, this edition is somewhat longer than usual so that key developments since then can be highlighted and summarised. Future BNLWRP reports will be published three times a year, and we welcome material to be considered for inclusion.
Jenkins, Ellen Janet. ""Organizing Victory:" Great Britain, the United States, and the Instruments of War, 1914-1916." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279079/.
Full textOrcutt, Daniel J. "Carrot, stick, or sledgehammer : U.S. policy options for North Korean nuclear weapons /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FOrcutt.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-83). Also available online.
Wellmann, Gwendolyn. "An evaluation of the BAE/SAAB South African Royal Manufacturing project in Virginia, Free State Province : a case study of the implementation of the South African Defence Offsets." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1296.
Full textRak, Claire E. "Counterproliferation strategy : the role of preventive war, preventive strikes, and interdiction." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FRak%5FClaire.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy, James A. Russell. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
Quaintance, Michael Kimo. "From bad weapons to bad states : the evolution of U.S. counterproliferation policy." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/820.
Full textOudah, Salah Razzaq. "THE DEBATE OVER U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA: A POLICY ANALYSIS." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1339.
Full textFord, Peter Scott. "Israel's attack on Osiraq : a model for future preventive strikes /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FFord.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Peter R. Lavoy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available online.