The Baroque ArsenalForfatteren skriver kritisk om fremkomsten af nye våbentyper og våbensystemer, der udvikles mere på grundlag af erfaringer fra 2. Verdenskrig end med tanke på, om fremtiden vil ligne det forgangne. |
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Page 189
... combat aircraft or Tornado , jointly developed and produced by Britain , Germany , and Italy . It is expected to cost the British taxpayer something of the order of £ 10,000 million . MRCA has been described by Helmut Schmidt as " the ...
... combat aircraft or Tornado , jointly developed and produced by Britain , Germany , and Italy . It is expected to cost the British taxpayer something of the order of £ 10,000 million . MRCA has been described by Helmut Schmidt as " the ...
Page 207
... combat stress , " 86 and that " by 1972 , accommodation with the North Vietnamese was the only realistic alternative to risking an eventual military debacle in the field . " 87 The symptoms of disintegration were desertion ; " frag ...
... combat stress , " 86 and that " by 1972 , accommodation with the North Vietnamese was the only realistic alternative to risking an eventual military debacle in the field . " 87 The symptoms of disintegration were desertion ; " frag ...
Page 208
... combat by various means.89 In Vietnam , there were twice as many officers in relation to en- listed men as there were in the American Army in World War II . Yet officer casualties per enlisted man were only one and a half times as great ...
... combat by various means.89 In Vietnam , there were twice as many officers in relation to en- listed men as there were in the American Army in World War II . Yet officer casualties per enlisted man were only one and a half times as great ...
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