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Arms And The Man: Strategic Trade Control Challenges Of 3d Printing, Arjun Banerjee
Arms And The Man: Strategic Trade Control Challenges Of 3d Printing, Arjun Banerjee
International Journal of Nuclear Security
3D printing is on the verge of confronting Customs and other security agencies with a whole new set of mind-boggling problems. With the tremendous reach of the Internet worldwide, virtual blueprints to weapon parts, components and accessories of drones, narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances, all strategic trade items, as well as other restricted items such as pornographic material, can be proliferated and printed out swiftly by any individual or organization with access to a 3D printer. Intellectual Property Rights are also endangered by these machines. Technology is forever outpacing fast antiquating legal institutions, and security systems, which require revamping to …