The RUSI Journal is the leading publication of the Institute. First published in 1857, it is now an internationally-recognized authority on defence and security issues.Issue: Oct 1997, Vol. 142, No. 5
Carrier decisions
Maritime air power is back on the MoD's agenda with a profile not seen for more than three decades, at a time when the whole defence establishment has recently een trimmed and re-modelled to fit our post-Cold War circumstances. Further change may yet be in the air as a result of the new government's current review of Defence.
Jeremy Stocker
The US Congressional perspective on missile defence
Mitch Kugler highlights some of the key danger points and the ready availability of the technology to create ballistic missile systems. He questions the perceptions of those who persist in citing the ABM Treaty as a reason not to move ahead with BMD programmes when the world has changed from that which the Treaty was designed to protect.
Mitch Kugler