Unexploded Ordnance: A Critical Review of Risk Assessment Methods
- ISBN-10
- 0833034324
- ISBN-13
- 9780833034328
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 151
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rand Corporation
- Authors
- Debra Knopman, J. R. Lockwood, Jacqueline MacDonald
Description
Evalutes the technical soundness of existing methods for assessing the risks posed by unexploded ordance at U.S. military installations.
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