Disrupting improvised explosive device terror campaigns : basic research opportunities ; a workshop report / Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.)

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explosives--Detection--Congresses.

Explosives.

Explosives--Safety measures--Congresses.

Terrorism--Prevention--Congresses.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. The IED itself is just the most publicly visible part of an underlying campaign of violence, the IED threat chain. Improving the technical ability to detect the device is a primary objective, but understanding of the goals of the adversary; its sources of materiel, personnel, and money; the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; and other factors, such as the cultural mores that it must observe or override for support, may also be critical for impeding or halting the effective use of IEDs. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns focuses on the human dimension of terror campaigns and also on improving the ability to predict these activities using collected and interpreted data from a variety of sources. A follow-up to the 2007 book, Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research Opportunities , this book summarizes two workshops held in 2008.

Contents:

""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 FINDING THE WEAK LINKS (WORKSHOP 1)""; ""3 PREDICTING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ACTIVITIES (WORKSHOP 2)""; ""4 WORKSHOP THEMES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A: PARTICIPANT-GENERATED LISTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS""; ""APPENDIX B: LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS""; ""APPENDIX C: LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""GLOSSARY""

Notes:

Report of two workshops held in February 2008 in Irvine, CA. and in March 2008 in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611800383

9780309178662

0309178665

9781281800381

1281800384

9780309124218

0309124212

OCLC:

659287406