Weapons Proliferation And Technology Diffusion
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. (Publisher)
1st Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-0-89206-267-6 (ISBN)
Description
Proliferation of weapons has become a leading concern for US national security and for military policy and strategy. Beginning in the late 1970s, trends seemed to indicate that increased defense spending, a growing number of weapons producers, and greater access to technology would act as the catalyst to encourage the rapid emergence of high-tech military forces in developing nations. Yet the developing world faces many obstacles to the formation of modern armed forces, including financial burdens, a shortage of indigenous technical ability, insufficient industrial development, and social biases. This study examines the spread of advanced military technologies in several countries of South Asia and in the Middle East in an effort to discern the dynamic relationship between the catalysts and constraints to technology proliferation. The essays address the potential of each nation to develop, utilize and transfer military technology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-89206-267-6 (9780892062676)
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Content
Technology diffusion and military outcomes, Brad Roberts; Central Asia, Linda Vlahos; India, Thomas Manhken; Pakistan, Gary Schmidt; Iran, Henry Sokolski; Turkey, Robert Rudney; Egypt, Ahmed Hashim; conclusions, D.Goure and J.R. Shaffer.