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Millibriefs are a short single topic briefing of a factual nature. Many of the papers listed below are available to view on-line - just click next to the paper of interest.

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The papers are listed in date descending order.

Section Library

Page Name	Summary
Millibrief - M68	The European Defence Agency	view
Millibrief - M67	Nuclear submarines worldwide—current force structure and future developments	view
Millibrief - M66	Nuclear-powered strategic submarines worldwide - a comparison	view
Millibrief - M65	The G8 Global Partnership against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction: successes and challenges	view
Millibrief - M64	NATO’s Prague Summit, Alliance nuclear roles and evolving US pre-emptive strategy to combat WMD	view
Millibrief - M63	The New National Security Strategy of the United States – a synopsis	view
Millibrief - M61	Unmanned/Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles	view
Millibrief - M62	Air-to-air Refuelling and the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft Program	view
Millibrief - M60	Recent changes in US military doctrine	view
Millibrief - M59	The evolution Of Chinese military doctrine	view
Millibrief - M58	Russian military reform	view
Millibrief - M57	Chinese military capabilities reviewed in the wake of the Aries II incident George Paloczi-Horvath	view
Millibrief - M56	How "safe" is the Russian nuclear deterrent? George Paloczi-Horvath	view
Millibrief - M55	THE ELECTRIC SHIP by George Paloczi-Horvath	view
Millibrief - M54	THERMOBARIC WEAPONS (FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES) - "THE POOR MAN'S NUCLEAR BOMB" By George Paloczi-Horvath	view
Millibrief - M53	THE US NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMME – WHAT AND WHY	view
Millibrief - M52	THE INCREASE IN UK AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITIES	view
Millibrief - M51	The future role of the armed forces in Indonesia by Michael Hurle	view
Millibrief - M50	Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: verification issues by Henrietta Wilson	view
Millibrief - M49	Ballistic missiles of “rogue” states and others	view
Millibrief - M48	Europe in the lead - the 1997 intervention in Albania	view
Millibrief - M47	“Battleground Italy” and the future of the European defence industry by Jestyn Cooper	view
Millibrief - M45	The RAF’s current long range air-to-air missile – AMRAAM	view
Millibrief - M44	The Type 45 destroyer	view
Millibrief - M43	The Royal Navy's future aircraft carrier (CVF)	view
Millibrief - M42	Russian technology drivers for Western weapon systems	view
Millibrief - M40	BEYOND VISUAL RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILES - THE METEOR CASE	view
Millibrief - M39	The Future of Trident and its Nuclear Warhead	view
Millibrief - M38	Russian arms exports – an overview	view
Millibrief - M37	The Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme by Sir Neil Thorne OBE TD DL (Founder & Chairman)	view
Millibrief - M35	Prospects for the Future Offensive Air System	view
Millibrief - M36	The Joint Strike Fighter- progress report on the contenders	view
Millibrief - M34	OCEAN WAVE 1997(OW 97) - LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE	view
Millibrief - M33	Equipment Approvals Committee (EAC)	view
Millibrief - M32	DEFENSIVE INFORMATION WARFARE	view
Millibrief - M31	INVESTORS IN PEOPLE (IiP) IiP AND THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE	view
Millibrief - M30	Defence Diplomacy The "new" Defence Mission reinforces the trend towards defence becoming a “service business”	view
Millibrief - M29	Expatriate Manpower in Military Services by Tom Hammon	view
Millibrief - M28	FLY LIGHT, DIE LIGHT: CRUISE HEAVY, PUNCH HEAVY	view
Millibrief - M27	OVERSTRETCH - THE CONSTANT SPECTRE Kosovo will have a significant impact on the Army	view
Millibrief - M26	. Intelligence: People versus technology	view
Millibrief - M25	The future British aircraft carrier programme: the York study into jobs implications	view
Millibrief - M24	World oil transit chokepoints	view
Millibrief - M23	World oil potential hot spots	view
Millibrief - M22	Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents 1996	view
Millibrief - M21	Background information on Terrorist Groups	view
Millibrief - M20	The proliferation of man-portable Surface to Air Missiles (SAM)	view
Millibrief - M19	Maritime Piracy	view
Millibrief - M18	The CFE Treaty	view
Millibrief - M17	Ocean Wave '97	view
Millibrief - M16	Defence responsibilities to the international community	view
Millibrief - M15	Modernisation and Upgrade - its place in a modern force structure	view
Millibrief - M14	UN relief operations	view
Millibrief - M13	Multi-purpose Naval Platforms	view
Millibrief - M12	The future role of the Territorial Army	view
Millibrief - M11	Why the Regimental System?	view
Millibrief - M10	Strategic Missile Defence	view
Millibrief - M9	Digitisation of the Battlefield	view
Millibrief - M8	Precision guided munitions	view
Millibrief - M7	A single medical service - advantages and drawbacks	view
Millibrief - M6	The future role of women in the armed forces	view
Millibrief - M5	How far should NATO expand?	view
Millibrief - M2	The replacement of the Invincible Class	view
Millibrief - M4	The role of Reserve forces	view
Millibrief - M3	Overseas (Out of Area) defence commitments	view
Millibrief - M1	The case for and against Special Forces	view

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