SENGUPTA Prasun (Ed.) <br/><br/>
Asian Defence Yearbook 1998 - 1999 

 - Kuala Lumpur:  Syed Hussan Publications Sdn Bhd,  1999 
 - 183p. 
<br/><br/> COVERAGE:Annual review of defence trends in the Asia-Pacific region. Divided into 4 main sections. The first section analyses the geo-political and politico-military developments that took place in 1998. The second section provides updated data and information on the force modernisation efforts of the Asia-Pacific region's major military powers and regional defence spending trends. It also presents a detailed, multi-service ORBAT of the Asia-Pacific regions major military powers - excluding Russia and the USA; this serves as a quick reference guide to the comparative military capabilities of these countries. The third section provides defence industry profiles. The fourth section is a tabulated representation of the size and equipment inventories of the various Asia-Pacific countries' armed forces.ARRANGEMENT: Sections 2 and 3 arrange country profiles alphabetically by country. There is a detailed contents page but no indexes. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AIR FORCES<br/>ARMED FORCES<br/>ASIA PACIFIC REGION<br/>AUSTRALIA<br/>BANGLADESH<br/>BHUTAN<br/>BRUNEI<br/>BURMA<br/>CAMBODIA<br/>CHINA<br/>DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION<br/>DEFENCE EQUIPMENT<br/>DEFENCE EXPENDITURE<br/>DEFENCE INDUSTRY<br/>DEFENCE PROCUREMENT<br/>FORCE STRUCTURE<br/>INDIA<br/>INDONESIA<br/>JAPAN<br/>KOREA<br/>LAND FORCES<br/>LAOS<br/>MALAYSIA<br/>MILITARY CAPABILITY<br/>MILITARY READINESS<br/>MONGOLIA<br/>NAVAL FORCES<br/>NEPAL<br/>NEW ZEALAND<br/>NORTH KOREA<br/>PAKISTAN<br/>PHILIPPINES<br/>REGIONAL DEFENCE<br/>SINGAPORE<br/>SOUTH KOREA<br/>SRI LANKA<br/>STATISTICS<br/>TAIWAN<br/>THAILAND<br/>THREAT PERCEPTIONS<br/>VIETNAM