Military nanotechnology
Subtitle: potential applications and preventive arms control
By: Jürgen Altmann.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Military research; Military art and science -- Technological innovations; Nanotechnology; Arms control
Description: This book is the first systematic and comprehensive presentation of the potential military applications of nanotechnology (NT). After a thorough introduction and overview of nanotechnology and its history, it presents the actual military NT R&D in the USA and gives a systematic description of the potential military applications of NT. These may include--in 10-20 years--extremely small computers, miniature sensors, lighter and stronger materials in vehicles and weapons, autonomous systems of many sizes, and implants in soldiers' bodies. These potential applications are assessed from a viewpoint of international security, considering the new criteria of dangers for arms control and the international law of warfare, dangers for stability through potential new arms races and proliferation, and dangers for humans and society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.