Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices: basic research opportunities: abbreviated version
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences / Naval Studies Board / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology / Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309109154
Date de publication :
28 juin 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Oklahoma City and other places indicate that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the weapons of choice of terrorists throughout the world. The book suggests identifying the important and vulnerable elements in the chain of events leading up to an IED attack.