The effect of armed conflict on the environment

This article talks about the multiple influences the military as a whole has on the environment. It spends a lot of time talking about nuclear weapons and power, along with environmentally harmful military tactics (Agent Orange, cluster bombing, landmines), and the use of chemical and biological agents. The article also points out the fact that the environmental effect of armed conflict as a whole isn't given the appropriate amount of attention.

The full article can be downloaded from this link: www.sdissues.net/SDIN/.../Mil-Envir%20JOBURG%20version.doc

How Military Vehicles Affect the Environment Part 2

This article, which is a predecessor to the first article posted, explains how this group of researchers used GPS tracking systems installed on military vehicles to track vegetation loss. It focuses mostly on how the vehicles turning affect vegetation. The three types of vehicles used for this exercise were the M88 tank recovery vehicle, M35A3 cargo truck, and the M1009 utility vehicle. The researchers also tracked how long it took for the vegetation to grow back to the state it was in before, which according to their findings was 6-12 months.

For the full article, go to this link :

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vehicle+impacts+on+vegetation+cover+at+Camp+Atterbury%2c+Indiana%3a+Part...-a0175443587

How Military Vehicles Affect the Environment

This article talks about how GPS tracking systems(specifically the Deployable Force-On-Force Instrumental Range System, or DFIRST) used during troop training can also be used to see how that exercise affects the environment. The article specifically shows what impact 80 vehicles (three kinds designated in the article: M35, M809, and HMMWV or Humvee) have on the environment, relating to vegetation loss and dust emissions. The article says that in a 144 square kilometer area, the vegetation loss is 2662.8 square meters, and the dust kicked up from the vehicles in that same area is 465.1 kilograms of particle matter.

This is the full article:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vehicle+impacts+on+vegetation+cover+at+Camp+Atterbury,+Indiana,+USA:...-a0221596928