International Armaments Cooperation

Résumé du livre

The purpose of this research was to examine various aspects of NATO armaments cooperation. The study examined the ongoing Modular Standoff Weapon System (MSOW) program within the context of broader study of overall NATO cooperation. The MSOW program currently involves five nations in an effort to build a family of long range airlaunched ground attack missiles. The objective of the study was to determine the benefits and drawbacks of NATO armaments cooperation, as well as the military, economic, and political factors that influence it. Further, the study attempted to determine whether MSOW's benefits, drawbacks, and influential factors paralleled those of overall NATO cooperation and whether the MSOW program was projected to yield a weapon system worth the additional effort required in a joint program. Theses. (FR).