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Military industry and regional defence policy: India, Iraq, and Israel/ Timothy D. Hoyt.

By: Hoyt, Timothy DMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2007Description: xv, 292 p. ill. 23 cmISBN: 978-0714657141; 071465714Subject(s): Defense industries | Military policy | National securityDDC classification: 338.47355

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1 Introduction Military industry in the developing world 2 The developing world: some structural considerations Regional powers LDC arms procurement LDCs and the international arms trade The study of LDC arms industries: analytical frameivorks 7 Structuralist/dependency approach Economic/development approach Dominance/world system approach Systemic/historical approach Existing frameworks: the missing variable Methods of analysis 17 2 India Background 22 Indian security perception Military-industrial policy Structure of the Indian defense industry Nehru and the age of idealism: 1947-62 28 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1948-62 The age of realism: 1963-74 33 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1962-74 Hegemony unfulfilled: 1974-98 39 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1974-98 1998-2003: New threats and opportunities 56 Conclusion 61 3 Israel Background 67 Israeli security perceptions The structure of the Israeli defense industry The prc-state period: 1920-48 74 Development of military industrial infrastructure: 1948-67 75 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1948-67 The boom years: 1968-73 83 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1967-73 Overextension and decline: 1973-93 91 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1973-95 Managing security in an uncertain world: 1993-2003 103 Israeli military-industrial requirements 106 The future: niche production or military-industrial and strategic dysfunction? 4 Iraq Background 113 Iraq's security perception Iraq's military-industrial base Embargo, diversification, and war: 1974-84 124 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1974-84 ' Pragmatism and victoiy: 1984-90 129 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1984-90 The 1990s: what might the industiy have looked, like? 138 The enduring puzzle: Iraq's strategic weapons 143 Ballistic missiles Chemical weapons Biological weapons Nuclear weapons Why we don't know - continuing gaps Conclusion 138 5 Regional powers, security, and arms production: conclusions Case studies: patterns and trends 164 India Israel Iraq Lessons learned: security and military industry 170 A security-based model of LDC arms production 171 Category one: sustenance requirements Category two: quality maintenance Category three: ability to produce systems not available from other suppliers Category four: production of regional-specific weaponry and niche production Regional potvers and militaiy industry in the evolving international system 179

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1 Introduction
Military industry in the developing world 2
The developing world: some structural considerations
Regional powers
LDC arms procurement
LDCs and the international arms trade
The study of LDC arms industries: analytical frameivorks 7
Structuralist/dependency approach
Economic/development approach
Dominance/world system approach
Systemic/historical approach
Existing frameworks: the missing variable
Methods of analysis 17

2 India
Background 22
Indian security perception
Military-industrial policy
Structure of the Indian defense industry
Nehru and the age of idealism: 1947-62 28
Selected indigenous arms programs, 1948-62
The age of realism: 1963-74 33
Selected indigenous arms programs: 1962-74
Hegemony unfulfilled: 1974-98 39
Selected indigenous arms programs: 1974-98
1998-2003: New threats and opportunities 56
Conclusion 61

3 Israel
Background 67
Israeli security perceptions
The structure of the Israeli defense industry
The prc-state period: 1920-48 74
Development of military industrial infrastructure:
1948-67 75
Selected indigenous arms programs: 1948-67
The boom years: 1968-73 83
Selected indigenous arms programs: 1967-73
Overextension and decline: 1973-93 91
Selected indigenous arms programs: 1973-95
Managing security in an uncertain world: 1993-2003 103
Israeli military-industrial requirements 106
The future: niche production or military-industrial and
strategic dysfunction?

4 Iraq
Background 113
Iraq's security perception
Iraq's military-industrial base
Embargo, diversification, and war: 1974-84 124
Selected indigenous arms programs, 1974-84 '
Pragmatism and victoiy: 1984-90 129
Selected indigenous arms programs, 1984-90
The 1990s: what might the industiy have looked,
like? 138
The enduring puzzle: Iraq's strategic weapons 143
Ballistic missiles
Chemical weapons
Biological weapons
Nuclear weapons
Why we don't know - continuing gaps
Conclusion 138
5 Regional powers, security, and arms production:
conclusions
Case studies: patterns and trends 164
India
Israel
Iraq
Lessons learned: security and military industry 170
A security-based model of LDC arms production 171
Category one: sustenance requirements
Category two: quality maintenance
Category three: ability to produce systems not available
from other suppliers
Category four: production of regional-specific weaponry
and niche production
Regional potvers and militaiy industry in the evolving
international system 179

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