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This Volume Provides An Authoritative, Cutting-edge Resource On The Characteristics Of Both Technological And Social Change In Warfare In The Twenty-first Century, And The Challenges Such Change Presents To International Law. The Character Of Contemporary Warfare Has Recently Undergone Significant Transformation In Several Important Respects: The Nature Of The Actors, The Changing Technological Capabilities Available To Them, And The Sites And Spaces In Which War Is Fought. These Changes Have Augmented The Phenomenon Of Non-obvious Warfare, Making Understanding Warfare One Of The Key Challenges. Such Developments Have Been Accompanied By Significant Flux And Uncertainty In The International Legal Sphere. This Handbook Brings Together A Unique Blend Of Expertise, Combining Scholars And Practitioners In Science And Technology, International Law, Strategy And Policy, In Order Properly To Understand And Identify The Chief Characteristics And Features Of A Range Of Innovative Developments, Means And Processes In The Context Of Obvious And Non-obvious Warfare. The Handbook Has Six Thematic Sections: Law, War And Technology; Cyber Warfare; Autonomy, Robotics And Drones; Synthetic Biology; New Frontiers; International Perspectives. This Interdisciplinary Blend And The Novel, Rich And Insightful Contribution That It Makes Across Various Fields Will Make This Volume A Crucial Research Tool And Guide For Practitioners, Scholars And Students Of War Studies, Security Studies, Technology And Design, Ethics, International Relations And International Law. Introduction: Technological Innovation, Non-obvious Warfare And Challenges To International Law / Rachel Kerr -- Obvious And Non-obvious: The Changing Character Of Warfare / James Gow And Ernst Dijxhoorn -- Weapons Review And New Technology / Bill Boothby -- A Defence Technologist's View Of Ihl / Tony Gillespie -- Can The Law Regulate The Humanitarian Effects Of New Technologies? / Brian Rappert -- Computer Network Attacks Under