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Death by Moderation - The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons (Paperback)
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Death by Moderation - The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons (Paperback)
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This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in
the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range
of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now
pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful,
less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are
designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically
anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but
the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military
operations 'other than war' (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian
assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By
providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new
generations of 'useable' weaponry should enable the U.S. military
to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with
legal obligations, public relations realities, and political
constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding
precision-guided 'smart bombs', low-yield nuclear weapons,
self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy
anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.
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