ABSTRACT

FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES HAS EDITED THE RUSI AND BRASSEY'S DEFENCEYEARBOOK. THIS PARTNERSHIP HAD THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF ALMOST DOUBLING THE CIRCULATION OF THE 1974 YEARBOOK OVER THE PREVIOUS ISSUE AND, WE FEEL, UNDERLINES THE DISTINCTION OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND THE VALUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS MADE BY THEYEARBOOK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE RUSI.AS A RESULT OF A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARBEITSKREIS FUR WEHRFORSCHUNG IN STUTTGART THE YEARBOOK IS NOW ESTABLISHING A SALE IN GERMANY AND IN THIS ISSUE WE WELCOMETWO ARTICLES BY DISTINGUISHED GERMAN MILITARY COMMENTATORS. IT IS HOPED IN FUTURE ISSUES TO FURTHER BROADEN THE EUROPEAN BASE OF THE PUBLICATION.

part I|212 pages

Strategic Review

part II|183 pages

Modern Weapons Technology

chapter 3|8 pages

Tactical or Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

chapter 4|7 pages

Air Attack and Penetration Systems

chapter 5|17 pages

Air Defence

chapter 6|7 pages

Air-to-Air Missiles

chapter 7|9 pages

Tactical Air-to-Surface Missiles

chapter 8|8 pages

Helicopters

chapter 9|8 pages

Remotely Piloted Vehicles

chapter 10|9 pages

Electronic Warfare

chapter 11|7 pages

Reconnaissance Satellites

chapter 12|9 pages

Mine Warfare at Sea

chapter 13|9 pages

Submarines

chapter 14|10 pages

Anti-Submarine Warfare

chapter 15|13 pages

Ship-Launched Missiles

chapter 16|6 pages

Anti-Tank Systems

chapter 17|6 pages

Field Artillery

chapter 18|9 pages

Battle Tanks

chapter 19|5 pages

Battlefield Sensors

chapter 20|12 pages

Military Communications

chapter 21|6 pages

Standardisation in NATO

part III|8 pages

Defence Literature