Titre : | Military Balance 2018 : the annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics |
Auteurs : | Collectif ; International institute for strategic studies |
Type de document : | RefBooks |
Editeur : | London [United Kingdom] : Routledge, 2018 |
Article en page(s) : | 520 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-85743-955-7 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : |
6.20 Relations internationales > Sûreté de l'État > Défense > Défense militaire Europe |
Tags : | Military capital ; Military readiness ; Military statistics ; Military supplies ; Armed forces--Economic aspects ; Armed forces--Periodicals |
Résumé : |
The Military Balance 2018 includes new arms orders and deliveries graphics and essays on Chinese and Russian air-launched weapons, artificial intelligence and defence, and Russian strategic-force modernisation.
The Military Balance is the annual IISS assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries. Detailed A–Z entries list each country’s military forces, personnel numbers, equipment inventories and significant defence economic data. Regional and country texts assess the principal factors driving defence policy as well as military capability, procurement, and defence economics. The opening graphics section displays notable defence statistics, while additional data sets detail selected arms orders and military exercises, as well as comparative defence expenditure and personnel numbers. The Military Balance is an indispensable handbook for anyone conducting serious analysis of security policy and military affairs. New features in The Military Balance 2018: ♦Complementing its regional military analysis, the book carries detailed assessments of defence developments in China, Russia and the United States, as well as France and the United Kingdom. There are also features on Norway, Qatar, Sudan, Taiwan, Uganda and Venezuela, among others. ♦New thematic texts analysing Chinese and Russian air-launched weapons; Big data, artificial intelligence and defence; and Russia’s strategic-force modernisation. ♦Interested in the global arms trade? Our military-equipment procurement sections show major events in the year, display selected programmes, while equipment graphics focus on significant platforms and weapons, such as Russia’s Su-57 combat aircraft ♦New graphics highlight major military capabilities, including global armed UAV sales and Chinese naval shipbuilding since 2000, while defence economics graphics show the top 15 defence budgets, defence-spending changes by region and more. ♦Includes a range of new maps and graphics, showing military facilities and defence-industrial locations for selected states, the US Navy’s Virginia-class guided-missile submarine, Russian army units near Ukraine’s border, plus more. |
En ligne : | https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/the-military-balance-2018 |
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307368 | 355 SLZ | Others | Royal Military Academy | BIBL ERM SLZ | Exclu du prêt |