Calvin Shipbaugh, a physicist on the staff of the RAND Corporation, analyzes the impact the nanotechnology revolution will have on Army logistics and warns that "lack of vigilance by the Army in monitoring developments could create big problems in a short time."

The authors examine the energy needs of the future military and argue that nuclear power nuclear power could "play a major role in another significant change: the shift of military energy use away from carbon-based resources. Nuclear reactor technology could be used to generate the ultimate fuels for both vehicles and people: environmentally neutral hydrogen for equipment fuel and potable water for human consumption."