SIPRI yearbook of world armaments and disarmament, 1987

Book · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5684776

This is the eighteenth issue of the SIPRI Year-book and is the authoritative source of information on world armaments and the efforts made to limit or reduce them. It examines the data on the weapons, including nuclear ones, possessed and planned by the major powers, on world military spending and R and D expenditure, on the arms trade, on chemical and biological weapons, and on the military uses of outer space. The Contents are: Introduction. Weapons and technology: Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear explosions; Military use of space; Conventional weapons; Chemical and biological weapons. Military expenditure, Arms trade, and conflict: World military expenditure; Arms trade; Armed conflicts. Arms control and disarmament: US-USSR arms control; CDE and MBFR; Multilateral arms control efforts; ABM Review Conference. Special features: Chernobyl reactor accident; Comprehensive test ban issues; Verification issues; South Africa. Appendices: Chronology; UN Resolutions; Arms control agreements.

• OSTI ID: 5684776
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ARMS CONTROL
REVIEWS
WEAPONS
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MILITARY STRATEGY
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
SPACE
TRADE
VERIFICATION
ACCIDENTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EXPLOSIONS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
NATIONAL DEFENSE
REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
350000* - Arms Control- (1987-)
450200 - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives
290600 - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy