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U.S. Weapons: The Low-Intensity Threat Is Not Necessarily a Low-Technology Threat

PEMD-90-13 Published: Mar 02, 1990. Publicly Released: Mar 16, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of U.S. defense hardware used in recent low-intensity warfare (LIW) missions.

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