Soviet arms transfers

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Soviet arms transfers to the Middle East in the 's. [Tel Aviv]: Tel Aviv University: Distributed by Jerusalem Post, © (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Efraim Karsh.

The Gun Merchants: Politics and Policies of the Major Arms Suppliers focuses on the political and policy considerations in arms transfers, taking into consideration the positions of different arms-exporting countries on the control of conventional arms trade.

The book first offers information on the trends in 20th-century arms transfers. In order to combat the growing Soviet presence in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, Washington began supplying vast quantities of arms and ammunition to its own allies in these regions— thereby triggering fresh Soviet arms transfers to its Third World clients, in what was to become an ongoing pattern of U.S.–Soviet arms competition.

Get this from a library. Soviet arms transfer policy in South Asia, the politics of international arms transfers. [Nisha Sahai Achuthan]. The Soviet Union accounted for roughly 40 per cent of international transfers (deliveries) for major conventional arms in the late s.

By this share had been reduced to less than 20 per cent. By Russia accounted for less than 10 per cent of international transfers (deliveries) of major Soviet arms transfers book arms.

I propose we rename this article from "Arms sales to Iraq –" to SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Iraq – as per the suggestion above. The name should clearly reflect the main source of information on the page, which is the Stockholm.

2 - The Decline in Soviet Arms Transfers to the Third World, – Political, Economic, and Military Dimensions 46 3 - China’s Changing Policies toward the Third World and the End of the Global Cold War economic dimensions of Soviet and now Russian arms transfers.

Differences of view about the historical importance of economic factors in Soviet arms export behaviour are reflected among the Russian authors who have contributed to this book. For example, in chapter 5 Sergey Kortunov.

funneling arms to insurgent and revolutionary forces in the region (as when Moscow supplied weapons to Cuba for transhipment to guerrilla forces in other countries).

Together, these motives generated tens of billions of dollars' worth of U.S. and Soviet arms transfers to Latin America between and File Size: 46KB. For comparison, national arms of present-day successor states of the Soviet republics are also shown.

As can be seen, most Asian post-Soviet republics use arms based on or reminiscent of the Soviet-era emblems. Most European republics, on the other hand, reverted to their traditional pre-Soviet heraldic arms. Small arms and light weapons are the primary causes of death in the violent conflicts raging today.

Although the small arms trade is difficult to track, and the illicit trade doubly so, a wealth of information is available. This article applies some basic tools of social network analysis (SNA) to reveal the high profile of former Soviet bloc countries in the illicit arms trade Author: David Kinsella.

Book Description: Drawing extensively on Soviet writings and on discussions with Soviet scholars, Rajan Menon analyzes Soviet military policy toward the Third World and reaches the surprising and provocative conclusion that Third World intervention is not a goal of paramount importance for the USSR.

4 SOVIET ARMS TRANSFERS AND THE THIRD. Illicit arms transfers to Africa and the prominence of the former Soviet bloc: a social network analysis and state sponsored crime is growing and there is a need for a book Author: David Kinsella.

Page 6 - We have by now sharply cut, and it seems will continue sharply to cut and even discontinue, the manufacture of bombers and other obsolete equipment. In the navy, the submarine fleet assumes great importance, while surface ships can no longer play the part they once did.

In our country, the armed forces have been to a considerable extent transferred to. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis analyzes the Russian Federation's conventional arms transfers since the collapse of the Soviet Union in Russia looks to the sale of conventional arms as a promising source of capital income and a viable method to maintain its state defense : Neil A.

Hannon. The Gun Merchants | The Gun Merchants: Politics and Policies of the Major Arms Suppliers focuses on the political and policy considerations in arms transfers, taking into consideration the positions of different arms-exporting countries on the control of conventional arms trade.

Many Soviet arms clients are dissatisfied with the service they receive from the Soviets as well. In the end, the issue is the quality of Soviet military equipment, especially aerospace products. The Syrian debacle in did not help and has already had an impact of Soviet arms sales.

India, for example, is rethinking the wisdom. If, for example, Soviet arms transfers are directed towards improving its strategic assets vis-at-vis the U.S. (and vice versa), then the notion of "reverse structural influence" can help explain. During the cold war the Soviet Union was the single largest supplier of conventional weapons.

With the collapse of first the Warsaw Pact and then the USSR, arms transfers from the new state of Russia virtually ceased. By Russia had once again emerged as a significant source of majorconventional weapons. Soviet Uniforms and Militaria Hardcover – Janu by Laszlo Bekesi (Author) out of 5 stars 9 ratings.

See all 7 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Price New from Used from /5(9). A model of policy analysis, Arms Transfers under Nixon provides a lucid and lively demonstration of how the Nixon administration combined skillful diplomacy and the adroit use of arms transfers to bring about a remarkable series of American foreign policy achievements.

The Middle East provides the most dramatic example. Here, the Arab-Israeli military balance was stabilized, Cited by: 6.Fred A. DATIG THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERIAL AND SOVIET RUSSIAN MILITARY SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION VOLUME SIXTEEN: SOVIET RUSSIAN POSTWAR MILITARY PISTOLS AND CARTRIDGESGlenview (USA), Edition Handgun Press Format: In-4 (22,5 x 28,5 cm), relié, pages, ouvrage en anglais, english book.

A Soviet Look at Cold War Small Arms Development Decem Ian McCollum Light MGs, Medium MGs, Select-fire Rifles 75 I have covered various elements of small arms development during the Cold War more than a few times – usually involving the contentious process that led to the mm NATO cartridge being adopted, and the various.