New Conventional Weapons and Western Defence

ISBN-13: 9780714633107 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 178 str.

Ian Bellany;Bellany Ian

Opis

Giving an overview of research and development in weaponry in the maritime and aviation sphere as well as land-based technology, this study looks forward to the effects of emerging innovations on defence policy-making.

Spis treści

Military R&D and the civilian sector, Ian Bellany; technical innovation in the UK defence sector - three companies observed, Roger Hutton; problems for UK military R&D, Philip Gummett; weapons procurement -domestic production versus imports, Ron Smith, Jacques Fontanel; mew military technology and the northern and southern regions of NATO, Bruce George M.P., J. Arnold-Foster; new weapons technology and the defence policy of the British Labour Party, Dan Keohane; new conventional technology - the maritime sphere, John Pay; military aviation in the 21st century, M. van de Veen; airland battle and the application of new technology, Michael Clarke; the nuclear threshold in Europe and emerging technologies, Phil Williams; emerging technology - no conventional wisdom? Tim Huxley.

O autorze

Bellany, Ian; Huxley, Tim