Warfare technology

The vocabulary in this edition contains an estimated total of 59,000 terms, some of the larger additions being in the fields of chemical technology, electronics, and warfare. Additional meanings are given for many terms that were listed in the earher editions, The latest decisions in nomenclature are followed in particular, the Stock valence names for inorganic compounds are freely given, as well as the older names. 

Thus it can be seen that continuous improvements in defensive armor require ever more sophisticated expl technology for its defeat, which in turn results in the escalation of military budgets for conventional warfare. The increased cost of HMX relative to other expls has caused continuing efforts to reduce manufg costs, to improve and more precisely evaluate its effectiveness. In a recent, very painstaking comparison of Cyclotol and Octol, the effects of changes in the compn, density, and diameter of the expl charge upon detonation velocity were determined. HMX was found more ef-... 

Advancing technology as well as this demonstration of potential utility of Mass Scatter able Mines led the Army to revise mine warfare doctrine and establish new requirements for a family of Scatterable Mines that could be rapidly and remotely emplaced by a variety uf delivery systems. This requirement called for both Anti-Tank and Anti-Personnel Mine Systems. To this end, two first generation systems are well ad-vandedin devebpment. These are the XM56, a helicopter delivered Anti-Tank Mine System and die XM692, an artillery delivered Anti-Personnel Mine System. Other second generation systems which add increased versatility and capability are scheduled to follow ... 

The military employment of pyrotechnics on a large scale other than by the use of BlkPdr is a fairly recent development, dating back to WWI, because pyrotechnic warfare is, as we shall see, mainly a product of high technology. Recognizing the interdependence of pyrotechnics and related disciplines, pertinent prior citations in the Encyclopedia as well as recent developments thru 1976 in the field have been Collected and grouped into the following sections ... 

Electronic Warfare and Radar Division Defence Science and Technology Organisation Edinburgh, SA5100,Australia... 

Project-research, a method of organizing research by stipulation of projects and allocation of these to individuals or teams of scientists in separate laboratories, was developed in the United States during World War I in research on chemical warfare. This research was initially conducted largely by academic chemists as volunteers and later by them in the Research Division of the Chemical Warfare Service of the U. S. Army. Many of the leading American chemists in the 1920s shared the common experience of research on chemical warfare. The model of project-research was tried by the leaders of the division of chemistry and chemical technology of the National Research Council in order to allocate specific research problems and foster cooperative research after the war. 

This chapter will examine the nature of project-research as it developed in the organization of chemical warfare research during World War I and will suggest that this model may have played a significant role in the attempts at increased organization of chemical research in the United States after the war, especially in the division of chemistry and chemical technology of the National Research Council. 

Gooding JJ (2006) Biosensor technology for detecting biological warfare agents Recent progress and future trends. Anal Chim Acta 559 137-151... 

The Original Seven Candidate Technologies Under Consideration for the ACWA Program, 16 1-2 Physical Properties of Chemical Warfare Agents, 19... 

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