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Implications of New Conventional Technologies

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The most spectacular development of the last decade has been the introduction into military arsenals of weapons of great accuracy, the so-called precision-guided munitions. Their common feature is a high probability of hitting and destroying a target, independently of their range.

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  1. R. Burt, Adelphi Paper, 126, p. 13 (1976).

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© 1982 William Gutteridge

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Karkoszka, A. (1982). Implications of New Conventional Technologies. In: Gutteridge, W. (eds) European Security, Nuclear Weapons and Public Confidence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05908-9_5

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