From Tanks To Missiles

Author : Space Wing History Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523369768
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Tanks to Missiles written by Space Wing History Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vandenberg Air Force Base is located on the Central Coast of California about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. It is operated by the 30th Space Wing, and is the only military installation in the United States from which unmanned government and commercial satellites are launched into polar orbit and from which intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are launched toward the Kwajalein Atoll to verify weapon systems performance. Vandenberg' s military service dates back to 1941, when known as Camp Cooke it served as an Army training facility for armored and infantry troops.

Author : Paul Scharre
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393608999
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War written by Paul Scharre and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.

Author : Thomas Karako
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442280107
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Missile Defense and Defeat written by Thomas Karako and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 mandates a review of missile defeat policy, strategy, and capability to be completed by January 2018. This upcoming Missile Defeat Review (MDR) represents an opportunity for the Trump administration to articulate a vision for the future of air and missile defense. This collection of expert essays explores how the strategic environment for missile defense and defeat has evolved since 2010 and offers recommendations to help guide and inform the MDR’s development.

Author : Richard H. Speier
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833099167
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hypersonic Missile Nonproliferation written by Richard H. Speier and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hypersonic missiles--specifically hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles--are a new class of threat because they are capable both of maneuvering and of flying faster than 5,000 kilometers per hour. These features enable such missiles to penetrate most missile defenses and to further compress the timelines for a response by a nation under attack. missiles are being developed by the United States, Russia, and China. Their proliferation beyond these three could result in other powers setting their strategic forces on hair-trigger states of readiness. And such proliferation could enable other powers to more credibly threaten attacks on major powers. diffusion of hypersonic technology is under way in Europe, Japan, Australia, and India--with other nations beginning to explore such technology. Proliferation could cross multiple borders if hypersonic technology is offered on world markets. probably less than a decade available to substantially hinder the potential proliferation of hypersonic missiles and associated technologies. To this end, the report recommends that (1) the United States, Russia, and China should agree not to export complete hypersonic missile systems or their major components and (2) the broader international community should establish controls on a wider range of hypersonic missile hardware and technology"--Publisher's description.

Author : Eliot A. Cohen
Publisher : Washington Inst for Near
ISBN 13 : 9780944029725
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knives, Tanks, and Missiles written by Eliot A. Cohen and published by Washington Inst for Near. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Meir Finkel
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804774897
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Flexibility written by Meir Finkel and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Flexibility presents a force planning concept that will enable armies to cope with the growing diversity of battlefield requirements, and especially with technological and doctrinal surprises, through applied adaptability and flexibility, minimizing the over dependence on intelligence and prediction involved in this process today.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472817249
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Tank Rifle written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the British .55in Boys anti-tank rifle - also used by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific. The French campaign made it clear that the day of the anti-tank rifle was ending due to the increasing thickness of tank armour. Nevertheless, anti-tank rifles continued to be used by the Soviets on the Eastern Front with two rifles, the 14.5mm PTRS and PTRD, and were still in widespread use in 1945. They served again with Korean and Chinese forces in the Korean War, and some have even appeared in Ukraine in 2014–15. Fully illustrated and drawing upon a range of sources, this is the absorbing story of the anti-tank rifle, the infantryman's anti-armour weapon during the world wars.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472825772
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sagger Anti-Tank Missile Vs M60 Main Battle Tank written by Chris McNab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring first-hand accounts and drawing upon the latest research, this engaging study explores the clashes between Israeli M60 main battle tanks and the AT-3 Sagger anti-tank missiles used by their Arab opponents during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

Author : Ronald Pretty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780354010696
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane's Pocket Book of Missiles written by Ronald Pretty and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Quarrie
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780134511542
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to Tank Busters written by Bruce Quarrie and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the characteristics and capabilities of modern tanks, and discusses the aircraft, missiles, artillery, rockets, and mines used against them.