| dc.creator |
Justin Sylvester |
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| dc.creator |
Annette Seegers |
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| dc.date |
2011-08-01T00:00:00Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-20T20:09:03Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2015-07-20T20:09:03Z |
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| dc.identifier |
10.5787/36-1-45 |
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| dc.identifier |
2224-0020 |
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| dc.identifier |
https://doaj.org/article/76cb46c0792b4e8aa14df93d6cc34c29 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8679 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
https://doaj.org/article/76cb46c0792b4e8aa14df93d6cc34c29 |
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| dc.description |
The South African government’s Strategic Arms Package (SAP), has been<br />the largest public controversy of the post-Apartheid era. We synthesise the debates<br />about two dimensions of the SAP, military necessity and affordability, in order to<br />get a better understanding of civil-military relations in democratic South Africa. Our<br />synthesis shows that the economic enthusiasm about the SAP is both naïve and an<br />opportunity for government and dominant business and industry to wed their<br />interests in a way that is not that different from the Apartheid era. In military terms,<br />the SAP has equipped the South African Air Force (SAAF) and South African Navy<br />(SAN) for the most improbable of primary missions. The equipment is also not very<br />relevant to secondary missions. The way that the SAP decisions were reached<br />suggests that civil-military relations are marked by the continuing impact of past<br />compromises, corruption and the centralisation of power in the executive branch. |
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| dc.language |
English |
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| dc.publisher |
University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy) |
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| dc.relation |
http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/45 |
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| dc.relation |
https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020 |
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| dc.source |
Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2011) |
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| dc.subject |
Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
U |
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| dc.subject |
DOAJ:Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
DOAJ:Technology and Engineering |
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| dc.subject |
Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
U |
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| dc.subject |
DOAJ:Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
DOAJ:Technology and Engineering |
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| dc.subject |
Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
U |
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| dc.subject |
Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
U |
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| dc.subject |
Military Science |
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| dc.subject |
U |
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| dc.title |
SOUTH AFRICA’S STRATEGIC ARMS PACKAGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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