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    The Military Balance 2017

    14 February 2017.  The Military Balance 2017 includes new equipment analysis graphics, a wall chart comparing US forces in Europe in 1989 and 2017 and essays on the changing defence-industrial landscape, special-operations forces, and twenty-first-century challenges to twentieth-century deterrence.

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    The Military Balance 2017 Wall Chart: US Forces in Europe, 1989 and 2017

    03 February 2017.  The Military Balance 2017 includes a wall chart focused on ‘US forces in Europe in 1989 and 2017’.

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    The Military Balance+ Individual Subscription

    14 February 2017.  Since 1959, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has published The Military Balance, the annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics. In a major innovation, the analysis and data contained in this trusted book is now available in an online database – the Military Balance+.

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    The Military Balance 2016

    09 February 2016.  The Military Balance 2016 includes new equipment analysis graphics, a wall chart detailing Gulf region missile defence and essays on armoured vehicles, Chinese ballistic missiles and cyber deterrence.

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    The Military Balance 2016 Wall Chart: Gulf Region Missile Defence

    09 February 2016. 

    The Military Balance 2016 comes with a new wall chart focusing on ‘Gulf Region Missile Defence’

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    The Military Balance 2015

    11 February 2015. 

    New features in The Military Balance 2015 include equipment analysis graphics, a wall chart detailing Russia’s armed forces and essays on hybrid warfare, US space systems and directed energy weapons.

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    The Military Balance 2015 Wall Chart: Russia’s Armed Forces

    11 February 2015. 

    The Military Balance 2015 comes with a new wall chart focusing on ‘Russia’s Armed Forces’

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    The Military Balance 2014: Chart of Conflict

    05 February 2013. 

    This map of global hot spots focuses on women in armed conflict worldwide with a timeline, graphs and tables.

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    The Military Balance 2014

    05 February 2014. 

    The Military Balance is The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries worldwide. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policy-making, analysis and research.

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    The Military Balance 2013

    14 March 2013.  The Military Balance is The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries worldwide. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policy-making, analysis and research.