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On March 29, 2006, the Heritage Foundation held an event titled"Nanotechnology: Changing the Face of National Security." The event, part of the 2006 Competitive Technology for NationalSecurity Policy series, brought together researchers and members ofgovernment to discuss nanotechnology and its role in nationalsecurity.
Because dual-use biotechnologies developed in the private sectoroffer powerful tools to protect Americans from biological threatsand to increase the military's operational capabilities, thefederal government should promote international liabilityprotection for developing and deploying new national security goodsand services, promote scientific travel and exchanges, and assign alead agency to coordinate biotechnology exploitation for nationalsecurity.
This week, a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) is being debated at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva. The U.S. delegation has been non-committal on such a ban, and U.S. policy currently permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to pursue the development of LAWS in a responsible manner.