Crowded waters: naval competition in the Asia–Pacific [PDF]
Overview: This report analyses the regional trend of key nations investing in more capable naval and air platforms. In Northeast Asia, countries include China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Sheryn Lee
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Defining Engineering Systems: Investigating National Missile Defense [PDF]
The MIT Engineering Systems Division is currently building its intellectual framework. There is not yet consensus within ESD as to which tools and methods are central to the nascent engineering systems approach; which questions it should address; or the ...
Zuckerman, Brian
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Japan’s security policy and the war on terror : steady incrementalism or radical leap? [PDF]
The study of globalisation carries important conceptual insights into the contemporary security agenda following the events of 9/11. This working paper argues that globalisation can be defined in a variety of ways, ranging from liberalisation to ...
Hughes, Christopher W.
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New Navy Fighting Machine in the South China Sea [PDF]
Through the perspective of Hughes, Wayne P.' missile salvo equation, this research examined naval surface forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (U.S.) in order to demonstrate how American surface combatants can defeat PRC ...
Harmon, Jimmy A., Ross, Dylan B.
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Japan's military modernisation : a quiet Japan-China arms race and global power projection [PDF]
Hughes, Christopher W.
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The current state, problems and future of Germany's air and missile defence. OSW Commentary No. 105, 2013-04-10 [PDF]
From German point of view, air and missile defence systems are of little relevance for the protection of Germany’s territory. However, they are seen as important for conducting ‘out of area’ operations, providing military assistance to allies, and for ...
Gotkowska, Justyna
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U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue, Phase VIII Report [PDF]
This report is the product of collaboration between the Naval Postgraduate School, Center on Contemporary Conflict and the Defense Threat Reduction AgencyThe eighth annual session of the U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue on strategic nuclear issues was held ...
Glosny, Michael +2 more
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An analysis of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) spin out 1 Low-Rate of Initial Production (LRIP) contract [PDF]
Program managers would like to minimize the risk associated with the acquisition of their system in order to better control costs, schedule, and performance.
Laverson, Alan, Miguel, Joseph S.
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A Proposal to Enhance the Capability of Ballistic Missile Defense for ROKS Aegis Destroyer(Batch-II)
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Autonomous weapon systems and international humanitarian law: a reply to the critics [PDF]
In November 2012, Human Rights Watch, in collaboration with the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, released Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots.[2] Human Rights Watch is among the most sophisticated of human rights ...
Schmitt, Michael
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