TY  - BOOK
AU  - SENGUPTA Prasun (Ed.)
TI  - Asian Defence Yearbook 1998 - 1999
SN  -   (hbk.)
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Kuala Lumpur
PB  - Syed Hussan Publications Sdn Bhd
KW  - AIR FORCES
KW  - ARMED FORCES
KW  - ASIA PACIFIC REGION
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - BANGLADESH
KW  - BHUTAN
KW  - BRUNEI
KW  - BURMA
KW  - CAMBODIA
KW  - CHINA
KW  - DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION
KW  - DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
KW  - DEFENCE EXPENDITURE
KW  - DEFENCE INDUSTRY
KW  - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT
KW  - FORCE STRUCTURE
KW  - INDIA
KW  - INDONESIA
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - KOREA
KW  - LAND FORCES
KW  - LAOS
KW  - MALAYSIA
KW  - MILITARY CAPABILITY
KW  - MILITARY READINESS
KW  - MONGOLIA
KW  - NAVAL FORCES
KW  - NEPAL
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - NORTH KOREA
KW  - PAKISTAN
KW  - PHILIPPINES
KW  - REGIONAL DEFENCE
KW  - SINGAPORE
KW  - SOUTH KOREA
KW  - SRI LANKA
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - TAIWAN
KW  - THAILAND
KW  - THREAT PERCEPTIONS
KW  - VIETNAM
N2  - 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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