TITLE

New weapons of war

AUTHOR(S)

Budiansky, Stephen; Auster, Bruce B.

PUB. DATE

May 1993

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;5/31/93, Vol. 114 Issue 21, p30

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that the U.S. Army, facing competing demands, has begun a quiet revolution in its approach to buying new weapons, figuring out how to use them and training its soldiers. Effects of cuts to defense programs and personnel; How Air Force and Navy have moved expeditiously to adjust to new realities at home and abroad; Use of new computer technology; The digital battlefield.

ACCESSION #

9305250154

 

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