作者: Valerie Adams
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08903-1_1
关键词: Chemical warfare 、 House of Commons 、 Soviet union 、 Political science 、 Politics 、 Warsaw pact 、 Law 、 Nuclear weapon 、 Chemical weapon 、 Monopoly
摘要: Many, and perhaps most senior military officers in NATO believe that the Soviet Union has a massive superiority chemical weapons. They expect war against West would use General Bernard Rogers, when he was Supreme Allied Commander Europe, repeatedly called for an improved capability to meet this threat, view publicly echoed by Martin Farndale, of 1 British Corps.3 Governments have accepted assessment threat. A Defence Minister, John Stanley, told House Commons, ‘In weapons, Warsaw Pact’s forces Europe currently near monopoly’.4 There been significant increases expenditure on biological defence some countries; 1987 US began production new weapons first time 18 years. Military political statements suggest growing sense urgency.