ABSTRACT
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES 23 TAVISTOCK STREET LONDON WC2E 7NQ
Adelphi Paper No. 67
William Gutteridge is Head of the Department of Languages and Modern Studies at Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, and author of numerous articles and contributions to symposia about Africa, and of the following books: Armed Forces in New States (London: Oxford University Press, 1962); Military Institutions and Power in the New States (London: Pall Mall, 1965) and The Military in African Politics (London: Methuen, 1969).
Richard Booth is a Research Associate at the ISS and has been associated with the Institute's annual publication The Military Balance.
This paper shows the situation as at 1 April 1970. The Institute assumes full responsibility for the facts contained in the paper. The co-operation of the respective governments has been sought, and in many cases obtained. Where necessary, figures have been estimated, as stated. The Institute owes a considerable debt to a number of its own consultants who have assisted in compiling and checking material.
National Currency figures have been converted into dollars, at the prevailing rate, as reported to the International Monetary Fund. GNP has been calculated in terms of market prices.
The term ‘combat aircraft’ is used to cover only the following categories – bombers, fighter-bombers, interceptors, reconnaissance, light-strike, counter-insurgency and armed trainer aircraft.
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