THE MODERN WAR MACHINE
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 11 NANOTECHNOLOGY: ‘THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION’ 12 GOALS AND OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY 13 SOME NT HISTORY 14 PROMISES AND RISKS OF NT 15 PREVIOUS WRITING ON MILITARY USES OF NT OVERVIEW OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 21 GENERAL ASPECTS 22 MOLECULAR NT 23 CONVERGENCE OF NANO-, BIO-, INFORMATION AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 24 AREAS OF NT 25 NT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 26 EXPECTED NT MARKET MILITARY EFFORTS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY 31 USA 32 OTHER COUNTRIES 33 INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF MILITARY NT EFFORTS 34 PERCEPTIONS DRIVING AN NT ARMS RACE? POTENTIAL MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 41 MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF NT 42 SUMMARY OF MILITARY NT APPLICATIONS 43 POTENTIAL MILITARY USES OF MOLECULAR NT 44 COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST MILITARY NT SYSTEMS PREVENTIVE ARMS CONTROL: CONCEPT AND DESIGN 51 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON PREVENTIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITS 52 PREVENTIVE ARMS CONTROL: PROCESS AND CRITERIA 53 DESIGN OF PREVENTIVE LIMITATIONS PREVENTIVE ARMS CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY 61 APPLYING THE CRITERIA TO NT 62 PREVENTIVE-ARMS-CONTROL CRITERIA AND MOLECULAR NT 63 SUMMARY EVALUATION 64 OPTIONS FOR PREVENTIVE LIMITS ON MILITARY NT 65 META-ASPECTS CONCERNING PREVENTIVE ARMS CONTROL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTIVE-ARMS-CONTROL ACTION FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY 72 TRANSPARENCY AND CON?DENCE-BUILDING MEASURES 73 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 74 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS