1st Edition

New Conventional Weapons and Western Defence

By Ian Bellany, Tim Huxley Copyright 1987

    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.

    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.

    Biography

    Bellany, Ian; Huxley, Tim