Missile
Defence:
What do we need
to
know ?
Dr
Alex Ashbourne - Ashbourne & Beavor Associates (Defence
Analysts)
This
elevator paper briefly summaries the case for a missile
defence system.
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Typhoon:
Gone with the Wind?
Tim Skeet
Freelance Journalist
How many of the new aircraft do we really need to replace the older types and provide the RAF with a modern backbone? There seems to be no consensus.
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Full Paper
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
As recent events in the Persian Gulf and North Korea have shown, Weapons of Mass Destruction pose a significant security risk to regional and international stability either from failed states or from non-state actors such as terrorist organisations and anarchist groups.
Much confusion exists as to what these weapons are but Jonathan Woodhead, a Postgraduate Student in the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London aims to shed some light on this issue in his paper ….
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Air-to-Air Refuelling
Air-to-Air refuelling whilst not immediately appearing to be an important part of military strategy has taken new resonance in the post Cold War era.
Military operations are often conducted far from home bases and are very frequently of a rapid reaction nature in tandem with Coalition forces. Air-to-Air Refuelling enables all types of military aircraft – fighter, attack, transport, and helicopters and in some cases command and control aircraft along with other airborne tankers themselves, to benefit from increased range and operational utility in a conflict zone. This paper looks at these aspects….
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