SIPRI yearbook of world armaments and disarmament, 1987

Book · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

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

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