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Apples to apples, fighters to submarines: comparative analysis of conventional capability-based signalling capacity through technologically weighted state arsenal indexing Cover

Apples to apples, fighters to submarines: comparative analysis of conventional capability-based signalling capacity through technologically weighted state arsenal indexing

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|Mar 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2023-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 85 - 103
Submitted on: Oct 11, 2021
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2023
Published on: Mar 11, 2024
Published by: National Defense University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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