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C. Scientific education, manpower, and facilities

Higher educational institutions offering scientific instruction; degrees; number of students in technical training; adequacy of research facilities and equipment.

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D. Major research fields 8
1. Air, ground, and naval weapons

Weapons development situation; aircraft development, production, and marketing; missile program, ground force weapons and equipment; naval research and development.

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2. Biological and chemical warfare

Restriction to development of defensive capability; scope of BW research; CW research and development capability.

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3. Atomic energy

Nuclear research facilities and equipment; nuclear power projects; uranium deposits.

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4. Electronics

Research and development facilities; significant developments; projects and programs underway; computers.

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5. Medical sciences, including veterinary medicine

Areas receiving primary emphasis in biomedical research; efforts in biochemistry; biophysics, microbiology, physiology, and cardiovascular research; pharmacology and psychiatry; research facilities; veterinary medical research.

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6. Other sciences 19
a. Chemistry and metallurgy

Efforts in biochemistry and physical, organic, inorganic, and analytical chemistry; scope of metallurgical research.

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b. Physics and mathematics

Research activities in solid-state, nuclear, plasma, laser, atomic, and molecular physics; mathematical research.

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c. Astrogeophysical sciences

Efforts in astronomy and space sciences, meteorology, terrestrial geophysics and geology, geodesy, hydrology, hydraulics, coastal engineering, and oceanography.

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Glossary 28


FIGURES
Fig. 1 Government organization for scientific and technical activities (chart) 3
Fig. 2 Royal Institute of Technology (photo) 7
Fig. 3 Chalmers Institute of Technology (photo) 7
Fig. 4 IKV-91, mounting a 90-mm gun (photo) 11
Fig. 5 Armored recovery vehicle, BGBV-82 (photo) 11
Fig. 6 Armored bridge-launching vehicle (photo) 11
Fig. 7 Selected sites of scientific activity (map) 27


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