NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT

A psychochemical weapon considered by the Warsaw Pact: a research note.

Contrary to widespread rumours during the Cold War era, little, if any, evidence existed in the scientific literature to support the view that the Soviet Union or its Warsaw Pact allies considered the use of psychochemical weapons militarily. The Hungarian State Archives have recently opened up declassified records of Hungary's State Defence Council meetings held between 1962 and 1978. Material...

The Second NATO Modelling and Simulation Conference

In order for standards to be effective, they have to be developed by a consensus of the users. In the case ofstandards for the representation of physical environment data, the users are both Military and Civil andoperate in a range of different domains, from modelling and simulation through to entertainment. TheSEDRIS Organization has recognised the benefits of international, commer...

NATO SOF Transformation and the development of NATO SOF medical doctrine and policy.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Coordination Center (NSCC) is a new NATO memorandum of understanding (MOU) organization that is effecting rapid advancement in NATO's ability to efficiently utilize SOF at the strategic/operational level. The NSCC's lines of development in communications information systems (CIS), education, training, and real life su...

Cognitive Radio in NATO

The evolution of casualty evacuation in the British Army in the 20th century (Part 3)--1945 to present.

This is the third in a series of papers describing the evolution of the British casualty evacuation chain during the 20th century. This period was dominated by the threat of war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Central Europe. The Suez Crisis in 1956, the Falklands War in 1982, the GulfWar in 1991 and events in the Balkans during the 1990s demonstrated the requirement for a flexible system f...