New conventional weapons and Western defence /

New conventional weapons and Western defence /

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Imprint:London, England ; Totowa, N.J. : F. Cass, 1987.
Description:x, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Weapons systems
Warfare, Conventional
Armed Forces.
Warfare, Conventional.
Weapons systems.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/816010
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Other authors / contributors:Bellany, Ian
Huxley, Tim
ISBN:0714633100 : £30.00
Notes:Papers from a conference held at Lancaster University, 1985.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Military R&D and the civilian sector
  • technical innovation in the UK defence sector - three companies observed
  • problems for UK military R&D
  • weapons procurement -domestic production versus imports
  • mew military technology and the northern and southern regions of NATO
  • new weapons technology and the defence policy of the British Labour Party
  • new conventional technology - the maritime sphere
  • military aviation in the 21st century
  • airland battle and the application of new technology
  • the nuclear threshold in Europe and emerging technologies
  • emerging technology - no conventional wisdom?

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