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Military R and D After the Cold War
. Ed(S): Gummett, Philip; Boutoussov, Mikhail; Farkas, Janos; Rip, Arie
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Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 August 1994 Editor(s): Gummett, Philip; Boutoussov, Mikhail; Farkas, Janos; Rip, Arie. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 4. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Countries establish defence industries for various reasons. Chief among these are usually a concern with national security, and a desire to be as independent as possible in the supply of the armaments which they believe they need. But defence industries are different from most other industries. Their customer is governments. Their product is intended to safeguard the most vital interests of the state. The effectiveness of these products (in the real, rather than the experimental sense) is not normally tested at the time of purchase. If, or when, it is tested, many other factors (such as the quality of political ... Read more
Countries establish defence industries for various reasons. Chief among these are usually a concern with national security, and a desire to be as independent as possible in the supply of the armaments which they believe they need. But defence industries are different from most other industries. Their customer is governments. Their product is intended to safeguard the most vital interests of the state. The effectiveness of these products (in the real, rather than the experimental sense) is not normally tested at the time of purchase. If, or when, it is tested, many other factors (such as the quality of political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 4
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792341390
SKU
V9780792341390
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