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Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
From the book's Foreword: In the early 1970s, the U.S. Army Center of Military History contracted with BDM Corporation for a history of U.S. efforts to counter Soviet air and missile threats during the Cold War. The resulting two-volume History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense covers the years 1945-1972 when the strategic arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its height. The study was first published for limited distribution in 1975 and recently declassified with minimal redaction. These volumes address the passive and active defense strategies, technologies, and techniques adopted by both U.S. and Soviet defense planners. Much of their actions centered around three common questions: How might we be attacked? How shall we defend our country? What can technology do to solve the basic problems of defending against this new intercontinental threat?
The World Air Power Guide
Author: David Wragg
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844687848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Compiled by the author of Janes Air Forces of the World, this book is a must for aviation experts.In one volume the reader will find the composition and details of all air elements of a staggering 169 nations air forces and, where they exist, army air, naval air and such paramilitary organizations as the US Coast Guard Service.By definition such a book must be regularly updated and David Wragg has researched his subject right up to the minute. This latest book supersedes the authors early book in the Jane series.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844687848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Compiled by the author of Janes Air Forces of the World, this book is a must for aviation experts.In one volume the reader will find the composition and details of all air elements of a staggering 169 nations air forces and, where they exist, army air, naval air and such paramilitary organizations as the US Coast Guard Service.By definition such a book must be regularly updated and David Wragg has researched his subject right up to the minute. This latest book supersedes the authors early book in the Jane series.
Fighter Aircraft Since, 1945
Author: Frank Schwede
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473891310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The world's first jet engines were already available shortly before the end of the Second World War, but they had not been developed to a high enough standard to take part. This changed after 1945 when, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, one technological development surpassed the others and records tumbled almost every week. The era of the piston engine was finally over and jet fighters now dominated the skies. By the mid-1950s their speed had already reached double that of the speed of sound; an achievement which a few years earlier, would have sounded to many like science fiction.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473891310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The world's first jet engines were already available shortly before the end of the Second World War, but they had not been developed to a high enough standard to take part. This changed after 1945 when, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, one technological development surpassed the others and records tumbled almost every week. The era of the piston engine was finally over and jet fighters now dominated the skies. By the mid-1950s their speed had already reached double that of the speed of sound; an achievement which a few years earlier, would have sounded to many like science fiction.
History of Strategic and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume I
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437921302
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
As part of a larger study of the strategic arms competition which developed after World War II between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., this study of the two countries¿ strategies for air and ballistic missile defense addresses two broad subjects: (1) How did each country approach the problem of defense against the threat from the air? (2) Why did each country accent particular elements of an air defense strategy at various periods between 1945 and 1972? The first question concerns the means that leaders chose for defense against an increasingly sophisticated offensive threat. Includes several appendices of chronologies, tables, charts, maps and notes.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437921302
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
As part of a larger study of the strategic arms competition which developed after World War II between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., this study of the two countries¿ strategies for air and ballistic missile defense addresses two broad subjects: (1) How did each country approach the problem of defense against the threat from the air? (2) Why did each country accent particular elements of an air defense strategy at various periods between 1945 and 1972? The first question concerns the means that leaders chose for defense against an increasingly sophisticated offensive threat. Includes several appendices of chronologies, tables, charts, maps and notes.
FM 30- 30 Aircraft Recognition Manual Supplement No. 6
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035912383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
FM 30- 30 Aircraft Recognition Manual Supplement No. 6 1956-12"The Aircraft Recognition Manual covering air craft of the United States and Foreign Countries contains recognition information available on an unclassified basis.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 035912383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
FM 30- 30 Aircraft Recognition Manual Supplement No. 6 1956-12"The Aircraft Recognition Manual covering air craft of the United States and Foreign Countries contains recognition information available on an unclassified basis.
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
Author: John Greenwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135251932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. The contributions are diverse, with appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135251932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. The contributions are diverse, with appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes.