Identifying optimum locations for tropical testing of United States army materiél and systems

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-108

  King, W Chris ^a   Palka, Eugene J ^a   Harmon, Russell S ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locational analysis; Methodology; Military geography; Tropical testing

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; SITE SELECTION; TESTING METHOD; TROPICAL REGION; WEAPONRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544390896     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2004.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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