MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

Abstract

Contents: Approaching the problem - the military in developing countries; The setting - security problems in developing countries; The problem of reliable information; Military forces (Bases for comparison, Security and mobilized manpower, Stability of defense efforts, Force requirements, Other considerations); Resources for military efforts (Economics and defense, Level of defense expenditure, Defense expenditure per capita, Defense expenditure and the armed forces); The diffusion of military technology (Local capabilities, Client states and the obsolescence of great power equipment, The arms traffic, Nuclear technology); Summary of current military capabilities in developing countries; Defense statistics on developing countries - 1955-1965; Projections of armed forces and defense budgets in developing countries - 19611975.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610185

Entities

People

  • H. Roberts Coward

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budgets
  • Data Science
  • Diffusion
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Information Science
  • Manpower
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Capabilities
  • Obsolescence
  • Power Equipment
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Strategic Security Studies