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By Stephen J. Flanagan

ISBN-10: 0333463684

ISBN-13: 9780333463680

ISBN-10: 1349194840

ISBN-13: 9781349194841

A evaluate of the complete diversity of contemporary reputable and non-official schemes for bettering NATO's traditional posture, from exploitation of rising applied sciences to non-provocative defences, within the mild of winning army, political, financial and demographic trends.

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This principle was meant to allay European fears that standardization and reduction of duplicate R&D would be accompanied by renewed pressure to buy American weapons. Since the US would be excluded from the development of certain weapons, a market for European 'family members' would be assured. The actual achievements of the LTDP in redressing NATO's deficiencies and the level of growth in Allied defence spending have fallen well short of established goals. This outcome is a consequence of increasing budget pressures after the 1979 recession, doubts about the effectiveness of new weapons, flaws in the design and implementation of the programme, and diversion of political attention to the nuclear force modernization question.

After the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Allied 24 NATO's Conventional Defences military commanders marked certain aspects of the LTOP and country force goals for accelerated action. In May 1980 the DPC urged that special priority be given to what became known as the 'Afghanistan Phase I' measures: war reserve ammunition stocks; electronic warfare; and nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) defence. The Soviet move into South-West Asia underscored the fact that the US might have to use European-based forces in defence of Western interests outside the NATO Treaty area.

37 46 NATO's Conventional Defences Indeed, as Sir Geoffrey Howe's speech suggested, many Europeans accept Henry Kissinger's argument that the dependency relationship inherent in Europe's current overreliance on extension of the American nuclear deterrent is not conducive to a healthy transatlantic relationship in the long-term. 38 Europe needs to become a fuller partner with the US in charting the course of Western security policy. Before this can happen, Europe must develop its defence identity through more effective coordination of its political insights and substantial military might.

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