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New War Technologies and International Law - The Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials (Hardcover)
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New War Technologies and International Law - The Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials (Hardcover)
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The desire for humanity and the desire for security have co-existed
as long as humans have been alive. As science has become
increasingly sophisticated, so have the methods of self-defence by
States. Nanotechnology is already changing warfare by increasing
capabilities upon which armed forces are heavily reliant: more
efficient energy storage, advanced photovoltaics, and improved
military protective equipment to name a few of these developments.
Some applications of nanomaterials by the military are both
powerful and subtle, and have neurological and biological
applications: 'devices that can infiltrate electronics and seize
control at crucial moments, artificial "disease" agents that can
rest harmlessly in victims' bodies until activated by an external
signal'. The advance of the use or contemplation of use of these
types of nanoscale applications by the military requires urgent
analysis in light of existing international law, particularly in
light of their potential effects on humans and on the environment.
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