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The Fencer's Companion (Paperback): Leon Bertrand The Fencer's Companion (Paperback)
Leon Bertrand
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Testing of Body Armor Materials - Phase III (Paperback): Committee on Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S.... Testing of Body Armor Materials - Phase III (Paperback)
Committee on Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army--Phase III, Board on Army Science and Technology, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, …
R1,825 R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Save R665 (36%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the conduct of the test procedures governing acceptance of body armor vest-plate inserts worn by military service members. This GAO report, as well as other observations, led the Department of Defense Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, to request that the National Research Council (NRC) Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences conduct a three-phase study to investigate issues related to the testing of body armor materials for use by the U.S. Army and other military departments. Phase I and II resulted in two NRC letter reports: one in 2009 and one in 2010. This report is Phase III in the study.
Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III provides a roadmap to reduce the variability of clay processes and shows how to migrate from clay to future solutions, as well as considers the use of statistics to permit a more scientific determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor testing. This report also develops ideas for revising or replacing the Prather study methodology, as well as reviews comments on methodologies and technical approaches to military helmet testing. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III also considers the possibility of combining various national body armor testing standards.

The Whole Armor of God (Paperback): C. David Belt The Whole Armor of God (Paperback)
C. David Belt
R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The AK47 catalog volume 9 - Amazon edition (Paperback): Rob Stott The AK47 catalog volume 9 - Amazon edition (Paperback)
Rob Stott
R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Technical Issues for the United States (Paperback): National Research Council,... The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Technical Issues for the United States (Paperback)
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
R1,261 R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Save R436 (35%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including: the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing; the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions; commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; and potential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing. Sustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise. Table of Contents Front Matter EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SUMMARY 1 SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE 2 TECHNICAL MONITORING CAPABILITIES AND CHALLENGES 3 SUSTAINING U.S. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES UNDER THE CTBT 4 POTENTIAL TECHNICAL ADVANCES FROM NUCLEAR-EXPLOSION TESTING 5 COMPLETE LIST OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDIX A Committee on Reviewing and Updating "Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty" (CTBT) APPENDIX B List of CTBT Committee and Seismology Subcommittee Meetings APPENDIX C The U.S. National Capability to Monitor for Nuclear Explosions APPENDIX D Monitoring Areas of High Interest APPENDIX E Dealing with Evasive Underground Nuclear Testing APPENDIX F Issues Related to Containment of Radioactivity APPENDIX G U.S. Satellite Nuclear Detonation Detection Capability: Options and Impacts APPENDIX H Satellite-Based Challenges and Solutions APPENDIX I References APPENDIX J List of Acronyms APPENDIX K Glossary of Key Terms from the 2010 CTBT NIE

The AK47 catalog volume 3 - Amazon edition (Paperback): Rob Stott The AK47 catalog volume 3 - Amazon edition (Paperback)
Rob Stott
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
In the Wake of the Tank - The First Fifteen Years of Mechanisation in the British Army (Paperback): Gifford Le Q Martel In the Wake of the Tank - The First Fifteen Years of Mechanisation in the British Army (Paperback)
Gifford Le Q Martel
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Tank in Action (Paperback): Captain D G Browne The Tank in Action (Paperback)
Captain D G Browne
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Infantry Mortars 1915 - 1945 - The Development of the Infantry Mortar (Paperback): Padraic Kennedy Infantry Mortars 1915 - 1945 - The Development of the Infantry Mortar (Paperback)
Padraic Kennedy
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Confederate Yankee Book III - First Blood June 1, 1861 to July 22, 1861 (Paperback): Sam Gilbert Confederate Yankee Book III - First Blood June 1, 1861 to July 22, 1861 (Paperback)
Sam Gilbert
R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
From the Arquebus to the Breechloader - How Firearms Transformed Early Infantry Tactics (Paperback): Piers Platt From the Arquebus to the Breechloader - How Firearms Transformed Early Infantry Tactics (Paperback)
Piers Platt
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Guns of the Lincoln County War (Paperback): Clifford R. Caldwell Guns of the Lincoln County War (Paperback)
Clifford R. Caldwell
R770 R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Artillery of the Warsaw Pact (Paperback): Russell Phillips Artillery of the Warsaw Pact (Paperback)
Russell Phillips
R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Deanes' Manual of the History and Science of Fire-Arms (Paperback): Anon Deanes' Manual of the History and Science of Fire-Arms (Paperback)
Anon
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hiroshima - remembering 1945 & 1958 (Paperback): Virginia Moffat Khuri Hiroshima - remembering 1945 & 1958 (Paperback)
Virginia Moffat Khuri
R428 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
ROYAL LABORATORIES HANDBOOK OF AMMUNITION May 1918 (Paperback): The Royal Laboratories Woolwich ROYAL LABORATORIES HANDBOOK OF AMMUNITION May 1918 (Paperback)
The Royal Laboratories Woolwich
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation (Paperback): Jeffrey W. Knopf International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation (Paperback)
Jeffrey W. Knopf; Contributions by Emma Belcher, Wyn Bowen, Gavin Cameron, Francesca Giovannini, …
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons-rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, states have created a number of other mechanisms for organizing international cooperation to promote nonproliferation. Examples range from regional efforts to various worldwide export-control regimes and nuclear security summit meetings initiated by U.S. president Barack Obama. Many of these additional nonproliferation arrangements are less formal and have fewer members than the global treaties. International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation calls attention to the emergence of international cooperation beyond the core global nonproliferation treaties. The contributors examine why these other cooperative nonproliferation mechanisms have emerged, assess their effectiveness, and ask how well the different pieces of the global nonproliferation regime complex fit together. Collectively, the essayists show that states have added new forms of international cooperation to combat WMD proliferation for multiple reasons, including the need to address new problems and the entrepreneurial activities of key state leaders. Despite the complications created by the existence of so many different cooperative arrangements, this collection shows the world is witnessing a process of building cooperation that is leading to greater levels of activity in support of norms against WMD and terrorism.

The Pistol in War - Training With Revolver and Self-Loading Pistol (Paperback): Captain E H Robinson The Pistol in War - Training With Revolver and Self-Loading Pistol (Paperback)
Captain E H Robinson
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Decision to Attack - Military and Intelligence Cyber Decision-Making (Paperback): Aaron Franklin Brantly The Decision to Attack - Military and Intelligence Cyber Decision-Making (Paperback)
Aaron Franklin Brantly; Series edited by William W. Keller, Scott A Jones
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations. States find themselves in an increasingly interconnected world with a diverse threat spectrum and little understanding of how decisions are made within this amorphous domain. With The Decision to Attack, Aaron Franklin Brantly investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are. In his examination, Brantly contextualizes broader cyber decision-making processes into a systematic expected utility-rational choice approach to provide a mathematical understanding of the use of cyber weapons at the state level.

The Destroying Angel - The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon (Paperback): Brett Gibbons The Destroying Angel - The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon (Paperback)
Brett Gibbons
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
American Swordmakers (Paperback): Richard H. Bezdek American Swordmakers (Paperback)
Richard H. Bezdek
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Makarov Pistol - China, Bulgaria & Khyber Pass Copies (Paperback): Cameron S White, Edwin H. Lowe The Makarov Pistol - China, Bulgaria & Khyber Pass Copies (Paperback)
Cameron S White, Edwin H. Lowe; Edited by Edwin H. Lowe
R1,015 Discovery Miles 10 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Munition Lasses - Six Months as Principal Overlooker in Danger Buildings (Paperback): A. K. Foxwell Munition Lasses - Six Months as Principal Overlooker in Danger Buildings (Paperback)
A. K. Foxwell
R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
German Automatic Weapons of World War II (Paperback): Robert Bruce German Automatic Weapons of World War II (Paperback)
Robert Bruce
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In this new paperback editon of German Automatic Weapons of World War II, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht are described and illustrated in color photographs. Detailed sequences show them in close-up; during step-by-step field stripping; and during handling, loading, and live-firing trials in outdoor settings, by gunners wearing authentic period uniforms. The illustrations are accompanied by concise accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background, and by accessible non-technical descriptions of its firing characteristics. Guns covered are: Mauser Schellfeuer machine pistol; Erma MP40 sub-machine gun; MG34 machine gun; MG42 machine gun; FG42/1 & II paratroop assault weapons; Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle.

The Gun and Its Development (Paperback): W.W. Greener The Gun and Its Development (Paperback)
W.W. Greener
R1,090 Discovery Miles 10 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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