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Toxic warfare / Theodore Karasik.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (52 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0833032232
  • 9780833032232
Report number: MR-1572Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Toxic warfare.DDC classification:
  • 358/.3 21
LOC classification:
  • UG447 .K365 2002eb
NLM classification:
  • 2003 A-587
  • QV 663
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. What are toxic weapons? -- 3. Recent use of and thinking about toxic weapons -- 4. Toxic threats in expeditionary settings -- 5. Toxic threats in the United States.
Summary: Since the 1990s there has been an increase in the use of toxic weapons; for example, inexpensive and easily acquired chemicals and industrial waste. This work examines the implications of toxic weapon use for military planning and concludes that such weapons merit further analysis.
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"MR-1572."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-52).

1. Introduction -- 2. What are toxic weapons? -- 3. Recent use of and thinking about toxic weapons -- 4. Toxic threats in expeditionary settings -- 5. Toxic threats in the United States.

Since the 1990s there has been an increase in the use of toxic weapons; for example, inexpensive and easily acquired chemicals and industrial waste. This work examines the implications of toxic weapon use for military planning and concludes that such weapons merit further analysis.

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Sponsored by the United States Air Force. F49642-01-C-0003

English.

Print version record.

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