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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Military activities"”.
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Why not preempt?: an analysis of the impact of legal and normative constraints on the use of anticipatory military activities
… to such a degree as is currently the case. These activities have been studied in the context of international security, using elements such as spiral models and offense-defense theory. This study seeks to examine if other elements, specifically international law and normative issues, such as just …
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Optical Remote Sensing of Airborne Particulate Matter to Quantify Opacity and Mass Emissions
… the dust plumes that are generated from unique military activities. The method was then tested in the field to measure dust emissions from artillery back blast and tracked vehicle movement in desert areas. Dust plumes were also characterized by developing contour maps that describe the plumes' …
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Achieving integrated resilience to Coastal Flooding on the Military Installations and Surrounding Communities on the U.S. East Coast
… critical infrastructure in coastal research is military installations and surrounding communities, which often share the same flood risks and resilience needs. However, the relationship between military bases and adjacent localities has so far received limited attention and is mainly focused on …
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Hegemonic conflict in the Caspian region: Accumulation by dispossession and the spatial fix
This research examines the political-economic and military activities of three major powers, the United States, China and Russia, in the Caspian region, comprising the nation states of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan, since the collapse of the Soviet …
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Territorial and Maritime Disputes in South China Sea: The United States' Strategic Plan of Response
… States should decrease the presence of its military vessels in the 12-nautical mile territorial sea while establishing multilateral discussions aimed at limiting military activities in the region. The U.S. should subsequently engage China to guarantee complete freedom of navigation in the …
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Effects of target size, luminance contrast, and illumination on visual target detection and recognition with AN/AVS-6 goggles
The military has invested in the development of low light level and night imaging technologies to gain tactical advantages on the battlefield. Moreover, certain military activities such as night aviation maneuvers demand the most sophisticated night imaging devices. Unfortunately, as the frequency …
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Developing a Fuzzy Expert System to Examine Hazard Analysis in The United States Army
… surveys each presenting a scenario based on military activities. They were asked to evaluate the scenarios and fill out Risk Management (RM) worksheets based on the US Army's doctrinal process for conducing RM. The RM worksheets were then evaluated based on the hazards they identified for …
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Enhancing Satellite Constellations with Scalable Network Simulation and Rapid Passive Safety Assessment
… as Starlink. Driven by a surge in commercial and military activities, the number of satellites in low Earth orbit is increasing at an unprecedented rate, creating challenges in managing orbital operations and mitigating collision risks. The framework's effectiveness is demonstrated through a case …
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Effects of edge and coarse woody debris on small mammal communities in riparian and upland habitats in northern West Virginia
… such as road construction for logging and military activities are a topic of much controversy in modern society. Furthermore, the response of small mammal communities to edge and coarse woody debris (CWD) volume in riparian and upland habitats of the central Appalachian Mountains has …
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Soldiers Without Uniforms: CIA Paramilitary Operations in Afghanistan
The history of paramilitary operations conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been a long and controversial one. Having first been championed by William Donovan during World War II, the deployment of CIA paramilitary forces has been widely debated for decades. While some scholars …
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A corpus based study of representation of foreign countries in the South Korean Press
… partner for talks and an initiator of military activities; (iv) The US presidents performs a wider variety of verbal actions than other state leaders; (v) The US military presence in South Korea is represented as both a necessity and a threat; (vi) There are subtle lexical clues that …
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Economics of military outsourcing
… with outsourcing the production of defence and military activities to private providers. Theoretical approaches to the issue are reviewed and found to make insufficiently specific predictions to be useful in assessing the scope for outsourcing. Instead four empirical analyses are undertaken …
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The Protection of the Environment in Occupied Territory under International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and International Environmental Law
… treaties that address the relationship between military activities and environmental damage during active hostilities, providing protection in such situations. However, the effectiveness of public international law in protecting the environment in situations of occupation remains in question. …
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Armed forces, states and threats : civil-military institutions and military power in modern democracies
… questions preoccupying political scientists, military officers and policymakers alike are how should and how do political leaders interact with military professionals? This thesis argues that historic patterns of civil-military relations underlay distinct national defense policymaking …
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Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions For Civil War Battlefield, Interpretive Images
… Chattanooga Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Antietam National Battlefield, and Gettysburg National Military Park. For this study, the Content Identifying Method (CIM) and eye-tracking technology were used in …
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Factors in the spiritual preparation and motivation of Muslim armies
… factors affecting the performance of the Muslim military in five important battles fought during the first two decades of Islam (2/624-16/638). The study comprises an introduction, seven central chapters, and a conclusion (an Arabic-English glossary is placed at the end of the study). The first …
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Winning or losing media support for regime change: A comparative analysis of UK government media agenda building during the Suez 1956 and Iraq 2003 conflicts
… the support of the media in advance of taking military action in two separate conflicts in which regime change was the main government agenda and to which there was substantial internal domestic opposition. This opposition led to the necessity of winning the support of the media in order to …
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History of the United States Air Force Nurse Corps, 1949-1954
… which were found consistently in reports of military nursing. These four themes were present in varying dimensions throughout the story of the AFNC and were organized around, (1) major factors leading to the development of the AFNC; (2) difficulties and successes in the formation of the AFNC; …
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Habitat Use And Nightly Activity Patterns Of Bats On A Military Landscape In Western Kentucky
… across the landscape. Unique stressors exist on military installations, such as noise created during training activities. Given the scarcity of data that exists for these widespread ownerships, I created predictive models for nightly bat activity related to local habitat, landscape, and military …
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