R.U.S.I. and Brassey's Defence Yearbook 1975/76

ISBN-13: 9780367286446 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 440 str.

Alpo M Rusi

Opis

This yearbook contains sufficient technical details for the non-technical reader to understand the advantages and limitations of the weapon system described, its tactical employment and future trends. It covers only tactical weapons used against land targets on the battlefield.

Spis treści

PREFACE -- PART I STRATEGIC REVIEW -- BRITAIN'S FUTURE DEFENCE POLICY SIR CHRISTOPHER FOXLEY-NORRIS /BRIAN SCHOFIELD AND SKELFORD BIDWELL -- MODERN WARSHIPS FOR COMBAT IN COASTAL WATERS /ROLF BOEKE -- WESTERN EUROPE AND THE INDIAN OCEAN /NEVILLE BROWN -- SECRET SERVICES AND DEMOCRACY /JOHN BRUCE LOCKHART -- RUSSIA'S BALANCE SHEET, I974-75 /BRIAN CROZIER -- THE VLADIVOSTOK ACCORD AND THE FUTURE OF ARMS CONTROL /JAMES E. DORNAN -- POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND EUROPEAN DEFENCE /DAVID GREENWOOD -- SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS /E. STUART KIRBY -- THE REORGANISATION OF THE LAND FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY /HANS RUHLE -- ASIA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC /FRANK N. TRAGER WITH WILLIAM L. SCULLY -- PART II MODERN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY -- 1. DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS LIMITATIONS /SIR HERMANN BONDI -- 2. STRATEGIC MISSILES AND ABM DEFENCE -- 3· TACTICAL OR BATTLEFIELD NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- 4. AIR ATTACK AND PENETRATION SYSTEMS -- 5. AIR DEFENCE -- 6. AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES -- 7· TACTICAL AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES -- 8. HELICOPTERS -- 9· REMOTELY PILOTED VEIIICLES -- 10. ELECTRONIC WARFARE -- 11. REcoNNAISSANCE SATELLITES -- 12. MINE WARFARE AT SEA -- 13. SuBMARINES -- 14· ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE -- 15· SHIP-LAUNCHED MISSILES -- 16. ANTI-TANK SYSTEM -- 17. FIELD ARTILLERY -- 18. BATTLE TANKS -- 19. BATTLEFIELD SENSORS -- 20. MILITARY CoMMUNICATIONS -- 21. STANDARDISATION IN NATO -- PART III -- DEFENCE LITERATURE OF THE YEAR -- CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1974 AND 1975 (first six months).

O autorze

Alpo M. Rusi