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United Kingdom National Security and Defence Dependence: The Technological Dimension*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Martin Edmonds
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AS RECENT EXPERIENCE IN THE GULF WAR HAS AGAIN confirmed, dependence on foreign supply of military equipment and munitions can lead to an alarming vulnerability. At risk are the national armed forces and their effective prosecution of combat, and since in any military engagement, the place, dimensions, duration, and intensity of battle are not necessarily of their choosing, a second level of salience is added to this risk. A key lesson of the Falklands and Gulf wars, arguably the two most technologically intensive wars to date, is that modern weapons depend crucially on a comprehensive array of logistic support and its timely delivery and reliability.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , 01 October 1991 , pp. 427 - 448
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1991

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