Military Gadgets

• Verfasst von: Evans, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Military Gadgets
• Titelzusatz: How Advanced Technology Is Transforming Today’s Battlefield…and Tomorrow’s
• Institutionen: Safari, an O’Reilly Media Company.
• Verf.angabe: Evans, Nicholas
• Ausgabe: 1st edition
• Verlagsort: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]
• Verlag: PH Professional Business
• Jahr: 2003
• Umfang: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Fussnoten: Online resource; Title from title page (viewed November 6, 2003)
• ComputerInfo: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Electronic books ; local
• K10plus-PPN: 1694862259
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext
• Lokale URL UB: Bibliothek der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg
• Bibliothek/Idn: UW / m3624813722
• Lokale URL Inst.: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Coalition soldiers in the war in Iraq had access to the most extraordinary array of high-tech weapons ever created. In Military Gadgets, one of the world's leading consultants on emerging technology introduces more than 100 of today's most exciting and advanced military technologies--and tomorrow's. Gadgets expert Nicholas D. Evans offers easy-to-read descriptions of what each technology does, how it's used in combat and why it's better than traditional methods. Evans covers the entire spectrum of military hardware: electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and laser technologies; "tactical Internet" and "digital soldier" systems; autonomous underwater, aerial and mine-hunting vehicles; stealth technologies; smart bombs and global positioning systems; the MOAB; and more. Evans also describes advanced technological countermeasures used to detect and respond to WMD threats--including the JSLIST (Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology) protective suits, defensive missile systems and state-of-the-art monitoring stations. This book is a follow-up to Evans' recent bestseller, Consumer Gadgets, focusing on revolutionary products and technologies for consumer use. The book covers 100+ state-of-the-art military technologies (those used in Operation Iraqi Freedom and some still in development) and includes a 16-page, 4-color insert featuring detailed photos of the equipment.