Rusi-Brassey Defence Yearbook 1975-76

Alpo M. Rusi

• Preface -- Strategic Review -- Britain’s Future Defence Policy: The 1975 Defence White Paper and its Effects -- Modern Warships for Combat in Coastal Waters -- Western Europe and the Indian Ocean -- Secret Services and Democracy -- Russia’s Balance Sheet, 1974–75 -- The Vladivostok Accord and the Future of Arms Control -- Politics, Economics and European Defence -- Sino–Soviet Relations: Ideologies and Realities -- The Reorganisation of the Land Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany -- Asia and the Western Pacific: A Time of Trial -- Modern Weapons Technology -- Defence Technology and its Limitations -- Strategic Missiles and Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence -- Tactical or Battlefield Nuclear Weapons -- Air Attack and Penetration Systems -- Air Defence -- Air-to-Air Missiles -- Tactical Air-to-Surface Missiles -- Helicopters -- Remotely Piloted Vehicles -- Electronic Warfare -- Reconnaissance Satellites -- Mine Warfare at Sea -- Submarines -- Anti-Submarine Warfare -- Ship-Launched Missiles -- Anti-Tank Systems -- Field Artillery -- Battle Tanks -- Battlefield Sensors -- Military Communications -- Standardisation in NATO -- Defence Literature -- Chronology of Main Events of Defence Interest