NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This work is related to Department of the Army Contract DAAG29-85-C-0008 (CLIN 10). However, the contents do not necessarily reflect the positions or the policies of the Department of the Army or the U.S. government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Army Science and Technology.

STAR 21 : strategic technologies for the army of the twenty-first century / Board on Army Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes index.

1. Military engineering—United States. 2. United States. Army— Equipment. I. Title. II. Title: STAR twenty-one.

UG23.N38 1992

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