Towards a Future Battlefield Forensics Framework: A NATO Action Research Case Study
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.333 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 451 - 465
Submitted on: Sep 15, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 17, 2025
Published on: Nov 27, 2025
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