Military - new material (8)
01 December 1995
Forty years of German membership of NATO Karl Kaiser. NATO Review No. 4 1995 pp3-8.
Structure and functions: European security and defence identity and combined joint task forces. North Atlantic Assembly Draft General Report May 1995
European armed forces. WEU Assembly Document 1468 (June) 1995
Industry urges EU to coordinate defence base. Defense News 3.7.95. A policy paper from the pan-European defence lobby EDIG (European Defence Industries Group) circulating among national defence and foreign ministries across the EU that advocates a vigorous continent-wide restructuring of the defence sector.
Launch fuels French plea for partners in satellites. Defense News 10.7.95. The launch of the Helios 1A spy satellite strengthens France's hand in its bid to attract German participation in the follow-on system known as Helios 2 and Horus.
Danish firm to set up missile support centre. Jane's Defence Weekly 22.7.95. Danish Aerotech will under a joint agreement with the Hughes Missile Systems Company establish a support centre at Karup Air Base for European based US built tactical missiles thereby competing with the NATO agency NAMSA and lessening European dependency on the USA
Theatre missile defence. International Defense Review No. 8 1995
Cover feature about air defence against tactical ballistic missiles and description of US/German/Dutch 24 000 person "Roving Sands' air defence exercise.
Nordic briefing. Jane's Defence Weekly 19.8.95. This article examines changes for the armed forces of Denmark Norway Finland and Sweden brought on by the end of the Cold War and European Union membership for Finland and Sweden.
Special Forces exercises for counterproliferation. Jane's Defence Weekly 26.8.95. In the last nine months US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has conducted five major exercises featuring exercises behind enemy lines and in denied territory against weapons of mass destruction.
First to the fray the evolving RDF concept. International Defense Review no. 9 1995. Cover feature examines the main elements of US Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) and its evolving doctrine and the putting into place of a german RDF.
Small arms and intra-state conflicts. UN Institute for Disarmament Research Research papers no 34 1995 54 pages. Lists names of small arms manufacturers and armed conflicts country by country 1989-1993.
European Code of Conduct on the Arms Trade. Saferworld and BASIC (Brussels) are working for the adoption of this code of conduct
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