The military balance 1996-1997 - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996 - 320p.

COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT:Annual assessment of the military capabilites and defence economics of almost 170 countries. Part I includes country entries which list military organisation, personnel, weapons and equipment holdings, and relevant economic and demographic data. These entries are prefaced by regional analyses of major military and economic developments affecting security policy and the trade in weapons and military equipment.Part II includes analyses and comparative tables for the following: The international arms trade; Arms control developments; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Peacekeeping operations; International comparisons of defence expenditure and military manpower; Main battle tanks and heavy armoured combat vehicles; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe(CFE). Also includes a loose-leaf wallchart on Ballistic Missile Capability in the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia, at August 1996.Indexed by country and territory names.

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ARMED FORCES--STATISTICS
ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES--STATISTICS
ARMS TRANSFERS--STATISTICS
DEFENCE ECONOMICS
DEFENCE EXPENDITURE--STATISTICS
MILITARY AIRCRAFT--STATISTICS
MILITARY PERSONNEL--STATISTICS
NAVAL VESSELS--STATISTICS
PEACEKEEPING
STATISTICS
TANKS--STATISTICS
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES--STATISTICS
WEAPONS--STATISTICS
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