September 16, 2015

Nanotechnology and U.S. Military Power

Research Associate Kelley Sayler explores nanotechnology and U.S. military power as an excerpt of the American Foreign Policy Council's "Defense Dossier." Assessing how micro-tech can be harnessed by the American armed forces, Ms. Sayler notes that a failure to do so could cede crucial innovations to U.S. competitors and jeopardize the future of American military primacy.

Read the full report from the American Foreign Policy Council.

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