The North African military balance force developments & regional challenges /
Cordesman, Anthony H.
The North African military balance force developments & regional challenges / [electronic resource] : Force developments and regional challenges Anthony H. Cordesman and Aram Nerguizian ; with the assistance of Charles Loi. - Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2010 - 124 p. : col. ill., col. map (digital, PDF file)
Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 10, 2010). "Revised December 7, 2010."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-124).
Comparative resources & security dynamics. The impact of non-military factors -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Trends in regional arms imports -- National patterns in modernization and recapitalization -- Ground forces recapitalization and modernization -- Air forces recapitalization and modernization -- Naval forces recapitalization and modernization -- The limited impact of foreign military aid -- The conventional military balance. Broad patterns in conventional force development -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Army and land force weapons and technology -- Comparative surface-to-surface capabilities -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength -- Paramilitary forces and internal security. Regional security forces -- Internal security and counterterrorism operations -- Moroccan-Algerian cold peace & the western Sahara conflict -- AQIM : regional threat or Algerian pariah? -- The challenges of security and counterterrorism cooperation.
The military balance in North Africa, and internal security developments in each country, receive less attention than the Arab-Israeli balance and the balance in the Gulf. They are, however, an important part of the security of world energy exports, and the struggle against terrorism and extremism. Moreover, major acquisitions on the part of Algeria and Morocco starting in 2006, and potential major orders by Libya, could mark the beginning of important military modernization efforts in the region. These trends are analyzed in this report.
Mode of access: Internet from Center for Strategic and International Studies web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
military balance--North Africa
The North African military balance force developments & regional challenges / [electronic resource] : Force developments and regional challenges Anthony H. Cordesman and Aram Nerguizian ; with the assistance of Charles Loi. - Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2010 - 124 p. : col. ill., col. map (digital, PDF file)
Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 10, 2010). "Revised December 7, 2010."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-124).
Comparative resources & security dynamics. The impact of non-military factors -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Trends in regional arms imports -- National patterns in modernization and recapitalization -- Ground forces recapitalization and modernization -- Air forces recapitalization and modernization -- Naval forces recapitalization and modernization -- The limited impact of foreign military aid -- The conventional military balance. Broad patterns in conventional force development -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Army and land force weapons and technology -- Comparative surface-to-surface capabilities -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength -- Paramilitary forces and internal security. Regional security forces -- Internal security and counterterrorism operations -- Moroccan-Algerian cold peace & the western Sahara conflict -- AQIM : regional threat or Algerian pariah? -- The challenges of security and counterterrorism cooperation.
The military balance in North Africa, and internal security developments in each country, receive less attention than the Arab-Israeli balance and the balance in the Gulf. They are, however, an important part of the security of world energy exports, and the struggle against terrorism and extremism. Moreover, major acquisitions on the part of Algeria and Morocco starting in 2006, and potential major orders by Libya, could mark the beginning of important military modernization efforts in the region. These trends are analyzed in this report.
Mode of access: Internet from Center for Strategic and International Studies web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
military balance--North Africa