Defence year book 1978-79

PREFACE                                                                      vii

Part I  STRATEGIC REVIEW

NATO LOGISTICS: A BALANCE OF RESOURCES

Major General Peter Blunt                                              2

THE SHIFTING PATTERNS OF ALLIANCES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

John Bulloch                                                                  15

INSURGENCY IN RHODESIA: THE IMPLICATIONS

G. K. Burke                                                                   26

BRITAIN’S WITHDRAWAL FROM MALTA

Richard Cox                                                                   41

MILITARY AID TO THE CIVIL COMMUNITY

Alec Dickson                                                                  52

THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

Ambassador Leslie Harriman                                           69

THE ITALIAN DEFENCE FORCES AND THEIR PROBLEMS

General Alberto Li Gobbi                                                 84

PERSPECTIVES OF NATO DEFENCE

Dr J. M. A. H. Luns                                                          98

THE YUGOSLAV EXPERIMENT IN ALL PEOPLE’S DEFENCE

Adam Roberts                                                                  109

THE HORN OF AFRICA

Edward Stairs                                                                  128

DEFENCE LOGISTICS: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION

Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade                             140

SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN CIVILIAN AIR CARRIERS: AN ADJUNCT FOR MILITARY SERVICES

Lawrence L. Whetten and James L. Waddell                 153

Part II  WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION                                                          174

1. NAVAL WEAPONS                                                   175

SECTION 1  ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE            175

SECTION 2  SHIP TO SHIP MISSILES                       183

SECTION 3  SHIP TO AIR MISSILES                         189

SECTION 4  MINE WARFARE                                    198

2. ARMY WEAPONS                                                    204

SECTION 5  TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS       204

SECTION 6  MAIN BATTLE TANKS                          210

SECTION 7  ANTI TANK WEAPONS                         220

SECTION 8  ARTILLERY WEAPONS                        231

SECTION 9  INFANTRY WEAPONS                          238

SECTION 10 BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE        246

3. AIR FORCE WEAPONS                                           253

SECTION 11 AIR ATTACK                                          253

SECTION 12 TACTICAL AIR TO SURFACE WEAPONS       259

SECTION 13 AIR TO AIR MISSILES                         266

SECTION 14 REMOTE PILOTED VEHICLES          273

SECTION 15 RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES    280

SECTION 16 AIR DEFENCE                                      286

4. GENERAL                                                                298

SECTION 17 THE US USSR STRATEGIC NUCLEAR POSITION      298

SECTION 18 ELECTRONIC WARFARE                   307

SECTION 19 MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS       314

SECTION 20 FUTURE TRENDS                               318

Part III

DEFENCE LITERATURE OF THE YEAR                324

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS JUNE 1977—MAY 1978          337