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From the lab to the battlefield? Nanotechnology and fourth generation nuclear weapons

Physics and Society 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The paper addresses some major implications of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) engineering and nanotechnology for the improvement of existing types of nuclear weapons, and the development of more robust versions of these weapons, as well as for the development of fourth generations nuclear weapons in which nanotechnology will play an essential role.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0509205,
  title  = {From the lab to the battlefield? Nanotechnology and fourth generation nuclear weapons},
  author = {Andre Gsponer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0509205},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages. Slightly expaned version with a few additional end-notes and references