unitary government

• Long-range snipers: Multiple-launch rocket systems were originally designed on both sides of the defunct iron curtain to saturate area targets during the Cold War (interestingly, they were designated multiple-rocket launch systems on the then soviet side). The introduction of precision-guided munitions has made it the weapon of choice for asymmetrical warfare.

...Although the US Government is not a signatory to the CCM the Department of De... to Singapore of 18 launchers, 32 XM31 Unitary High Explosive GMLRS Pods, 30 M28A1 Practice Rocke...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 4, Août 2008

• Rocket revolution: multiple rocket launchers were originally designed to saturate area targets. The introduction of new lightweight launchers and precision-guided munitions is making them a weapon of choice for asymmetric warfare.

... GMLRS rocket variant is the XM31 GMLRS Unitary, which provides a point strike capability. Followi... With the country strapped for cash the government was keen to modernise the armed forces and, in so ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 2, Avril 2007

• Swiss-Us Foreign Investments: The 'Bedrock' of Any Free Trade Agreement

Any Swiss-US free trade agreement should have an investment chapter because bilateral foreign investment is the bedrock of Swiss-US commercial relations. A closer look at investment policies and other issues relevant for investors reveals the value-added of an investment chapter. The mutual benefits of an investment chapter flow from high standards of investment protection, a standstill in discrimination at the sub-federal level, and zero tariffs on imports. Investment protection would be improved by access to the international investor-to-state dispute settlement system of ICSID. An appellate mechanism for this dispute settlement system would not be necessary. An investment chapter and investment-related disciplines with high standards would bring positive welfare effects for both econ...

... Swiss companies in the field of government procurement. During the MAI negotiations, every OE...A 'unitary tax system' is mentioned as an issue in the BALDWI...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006

• Urbe et bellum.

...An accelerated twelve-month joint government/contractor effort produced a new warhead that coul... capability is provided by the M31 GMLRS Unitary, which features an 89-kg high explosive fragmentat...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 4, Août 2007

• Mortar bombs: hail them or fry them? Means to counter ballistic missiles or anti-ship missiles have been found several years ago--although these solutions continue to mature. Strangely, anti-rocket and anti-mortar systems appear to have remained out of reach. Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, however, have dealt a fresh hand.

... even imagine the use of high explosive unitary warheads, but here the risk of seeing a burst of r... out the same process but using a government-supplied laser. The programme will then reach its ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 1, Février 2008

• Missiles on a Cruise.

... land-attack, conventional (Tlam-C) with unitary warhead, and the BGM-109D land-attack version with..., Asmp-C (or Asura), had the French government not opted for the Scalp. Being a conventional weap...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 3, Juin 2001

• 100% bang fuzes, or a necessary basic toll?

... and even Kenya, where the British government has just settled a series of claims with Masai tri... bomblet rounds, the debate is moving onto unitary rounds. Although there are some areas where there ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 28 Num. 2, Avril 2004

• Moving from A to B.

...However, as any reform that involves governments, time takes its heavy toll, and as far as the mili...The Hummer introduced a unitary platform, four fully independent suspensions, disc...

• Armada International
• Vol. 28 Num. 5, Octobre 2004

• Heavy-handed accuracy: the accurate delivery of aerial bombs has become a cornerstone of modern warfare, combining the desired terminal effects with minimal use of relatively low-cost weapons, and substantially reduced collateral damage and aircrew exposure.

...-109 is the 874 kg BLU-116/B AUP (Advanced Unitary Penetrator), developed by the US Air Force Researc... demonstrators funded by the German Government to provide a basis for emerging German Air Force r...

• Armada International
• Vol. 30 Num. 6, Décembre 2006

• New breath for submarines: when looking at upgrading submarines, one can see that the subject could be dealt with at great length, covering the addition of new weapons and sensors, through fire control and command systems (including periscopes) to powerplant improvements such as new batteries or the addition of air-independent propulsion (AIP).

... her overhaul by the Zvyozdochka State Unitary Enterprise at Severodvinsk. . The Northern Fleet a...Subsequently, the Australian government announced at the end of March that its SSKs will u...

• Armada International
• Vol. 27 Num. 6, Décembre 2003