Weapons and equipment

The effects of weapons of mass destruction cannot be contained, either spatially or temporally, are unpredictable, discriminate poorly between combatants and civilians, and are highly disruptive of ecosystems.

The effects of weapons of mass destruction cannot be contained, either spatially or temporally, are unpredictable, discriminate poorly between combatants and civilians, and are highly disruptive of ecosystems.

This book explores what political conditions must be established and what obstacles overcome for the fi ve offi cial Nuclear Weapon States (NWS)- China, France, Russia, the UK and US- to eliminate their nuclear weapons.

This book explores what political conditions must be established and what obstacles overcome for the fi ve offi cial Nuclear Weapon States (NWS)- China, France, Russia, the UK and US- to eliminate their nuclear weapons.

This book approaches the World Wars and the decades between them as a single unit in modern history.

This book approaches the World Wars and the decades between them as a single unit in modern history.

This book explores the conditions under which Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs) can be established.

This book explores the conditions under which Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs) can be established.

Nuclear Theory Degree Zero: Essays Against the Nuclear Android investigates the threat conveyed and maintained by the nuclear cycle: mining, research, health, power generation and weaponry.

Nuclear Theory Degree Zero: Essays Against the Nuclear Android investigates the threat conveyed and maintained by the nuclear cycle: mining, research, health, power generation and weaponry.

This new IISS Strategic Dossier examines the recent development of Moscow's armed forces and military capabilities.

This new IISS Strategic Dossier examines the recent development of Moscow's armed forces and military capabilities.

Originally published in 1985, this book is the result of an exploration of the state papers of the United Kingdom undertaken with the aim of discovering information about the past use of chemical warfare.

Originally published in 1985, this book is the result of an exploration of the state papers of the United Kingdom undertaken with the aim of discovering information about the past use of chemical warfare.

Using hard power in the context of an expanding set of threats is complex, expensive and risky.

Using hard power in the context of an expanding set of threats is complex, expensive and risky.

Drawing on their daily involvement with defense issues and their interactions with the military and political elements of the national security community, civilian and military defense analysts in the U.

Complex issues of national security and defense modernization continue to be a major preoccupation of the PRC leadership.

The enormous potential for destruction that lies latent in nuclear technology inevitably gives rise to the possibility of nuclear terrorism-the use of nuclear explosives or radioactivity by insurgent groups.

The national security issues surrounding U.

Focusing on the most urgent issues of arms control, this collection of essays discusses the East-West military balance, the nature of U.

This monograph provides the highlights of an international conference held by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies on March 21-24, 1987, at Neve Ilan, Israel.

This volume is based on a series of papers delivered at the conference by specialists from the United States and both Eastern and Western Europe.

This book examines the processes of nuclear policymaking in NATO and the interaction of alliance strategy with the docrines underlying it.

The European Security Study (ESECS) published its Report on "e;Strengthening Conventional Deterrence in Europe"e; in May 1983.

The concept and utility of strategic defense should be evaluated in an embracing cultural context defined by the values, attitudes, and worldview of society-its ethos.

This research guide is intended primarily for two groups of specialists.

Based on formal content analysis of the writings of Admiral Sergei G.

Many people have been instrumental in helping see this book through to completion.

In mid-March 1992, a group of forty scholars, journalists, strategists, and government officials met in Kathmandu, Nepal, to assess the post-Cold War world.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES HAS EDITED THE RUSI AND BRASSEY'S DEFENCEYEARBOOK.

This study analyzes the key functions of arms planning and procurement in the ongoing Israeli defence effort.

A fundamental transformation is underway in the structure of the international political system, with changes in both the definition and the distribution of power in world politics.

From a local ballot initiative in Massachusetts, the nuclear weapons freeze movement has grown during the last three years into an important national issue.

Since the end of World War II, the United States has faced moral and strategic issues in its management of force that are unique in the history of international politics.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

The sixth edition of this annual furnishes statistics on the population, resources, infrastructure, armed forces and military capacity of individual Middle East states.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

International experts examine transactions, capabilities, structures and norms influencing the complex network of trade in missile technologies.

The editors would like to express their thanks to a number of colleagues whose insights and comments contributed to the development of the book.

This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space - around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites were military ones.

This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space - around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites were military ones.

This book, first published in 1981, examines the broader aspects of international strategic relations, and analyses Cold War developments within particular nations, fields of warfare and areas of political-military interaction.

This book, first published in 1981, examines the broader aspects of international strategic relations, and analyses Cold War developments within particular nations, fields of warfare and areas of political-military interaction.

This book, first published in 1980, presents the findings of the SIPRI-organized 1979 international symposium on the destruction and conversion of chemical weapons.

This book, first published in 1980, presents the findings of the SIPRI-organized 1979 international symposium on the destruction and conversion of chemical weapons.