TY - BOOK AU - LANGTON Christopher (ed.) TI - The military balance 2003-2004 SN - 0198528736 (pbk.): PY - 2003/// (Oct) CY - Oxford, UK PB - Oxford Univ Press KW - AIR FORCES KW - STATISTICS KW - ARMED FORCES KW - ARMIES KW - DEFENCE ECONOMICS KW - DEFENCE EXPENDITURE KW - MILITARY EQUIPMENT KW - NAVIES N2 - COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT: Continues the changed layout introduced in the 2002-2003 edition. Part 1 Capabilities and Trends includes the usual country by country entries arranged alphabetically within regions. This section now includes tables on high readiness forces, nuclear delivery systems and warheads, and military satellites. Part 2 Defence Economics provides brief financial and population data country by country within regions as in Part 1. In both Parts there are regional overviews before the individual country entries. Part 3 Non-State Activity describes selected non-state armed groups and includes an essay on international terrorism. A separate poster sized full colour map shows the status of armed conflicts around the world for the period 1994-2003, together with numerous other data ER -