Smaller, more deployable, as efficient as possible-this
description sums up the characteristics of new weapons on the
wish-list of almost any army in the world. On a more specific
basis, defense officials have sketched some research and
development objectives. Here are some, obviously all subject to
obsolescence:
Worldwide all-weather forces for limited warfare, which do not
require main operating bases, including a force that is
logistically independent for 30 days