AGGRESIONS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES, WITH MILITARY AND NON-MILITARY IMPLICATIONS
Journal Title: Impact Strategic - Year 2011, Vol 41, Issue 4
Abstract
[i]The unprecedented increase, in the past decades, of risks, hazards and threats towards vital objectives of states and international bodies, at the same time with the increase of their number and vulnerabilities have lead to forming and settling of the new concept generically called critical infrastructure. The hazards and threats towards critical infrastructures differ from one country to another, from one organization to another; nevertheless, there can be identified common structural elements, measures taken up to now, compatible functions and responsibilities. [/i]
Authors and Affiliations
Gheorghe MINCULETE, Daniela RĂPAN
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