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...e program and National Intelligence Estimates. Also important to this work are Russian language sources documenting the Soviet need to develop mobile missiles. Although many other sources within the media and academia were tapped for information, these were the most prominent. As a result, this study highlights many of the great technological leaps America has made toward ...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . .1 2 THE EVOLUTION AND SPREAD OF MOBILE BALLISTIC MISSILES. . . 5 3 THE AMERICAN COLD WAR RESPONSE . . . . . . . . . 21 4 RESPONDING TO MOBILE BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE POST–COLD WAR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . 37 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . 51...

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...Two examples from twentieth-century conflicts demonstrate the potential that missiles possess to disrupt an opponent’s land-based airpower and achieve significant political consequences. Iraq’s use of Scud ballistic missiles in the 1991 Persian Gulf War produced nearly instantaneous political effects....

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . .15 3 Aircraft Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 4 Aeronautics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 5 Missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 6 Computer Programming . . . . . . . . . . . .113 7 Spacefarers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 8 Secret Missiles and Tactics . . . . . . . . . . 161...

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...T) weapon system. In this study, Colonel Chun shows how the US Air Force developed a rudimentary ASA system from obsolete Thor intermediate ballistic missiles, an existing space tracking system, and nuclear warheads....

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...ear Sphinx . . . . . . . . . . 46 INDIA: A GROWING BALLISTIC MISSILE POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 India’s Ballistic Missiles: An Overview. . . . . .48 India’s Nuclear Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 IRAN: A MISSILE EXPORTER’S PARADISE . . .52 Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...Although cruise missiles are among the newest and most sophisticated weapons fielded by the United States, they possess a rich conceptual and technological heritage . It is important that we understand this heritage as we consider deployment...

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... current US efforts to defeat these potentially destabilizing weapons. Which technologies and systems will be most effective against mobile ballistic missiles? How should the United States implement selected technologies to deal with this challenge? This thesis covers the pros and cons of competing concepts to accomplish missile defense. It evaluates the most promising tec...

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... . . . . . . .53 The Lessons of World War II . . . . . . . . . . .57 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 2 FROM GUNS TO MISSILES, 1945–1965 . . .69 Antiaircraft Returns to Combat: The Korean War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Antiaircraft Missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Admiral Rickover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 The B-36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 SAC Missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Nuclear Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Cold War Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 The Cold War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 They Also Serve...

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...ing they need to succeed in the Air Force.1 In recent incidents, Airmen have exhibited unacceptable actions. These range from transporting cruise missiles loaded with warheads from Minot to Barksdale AFB in 2007 and erroneously shipping nuclear-missile fuses to Taiwan in 2006, to other lesser-known infractions in the Air Force. Certainly, the remedy to such attitu...

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...force structure; (8) airpower is a minor player in counterinsurgency (COIN); and finally, a longstanding issue, (9) the twenty-first century is about missiles, space, and cyber power and airpower is yesterday’s revolution. The discussion of these “fallacies” should stimulate the appetite of most thoughtful Airmen, but also serious advocates of all services and everyone int...

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...kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company?s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long legged, hot-headed youth must repeat to-day our dreams and wanderin...

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... of- fice, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am ...

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...annons as the Royal troops fired them. Behind the gates, catapults launched their flaming missiles at the attack- ing forces. The dark night blazed. ... ...was being decimated. They were surrounded. The army was showered with flaming bullets and missiles from the front and side. The Phalanx Pikemen bloc... ... Stronghold to the last man!” yyyyy “Take cover!” Traeus shouted as several flaming missiles were launched from behind the Draxen walls, heade... ...towards them, lighting up the night sky. The soldiers scurried to find cover. The flaming missiles crashed down all around them. Wood-made machineri... ...ruction in a shower of angry red and orange flames. Loud explosions filled the air as the missiles smashed into the gate and walls. The catapults hu... ...s Traeus’ Rai Aren & Tavius E. 212 catapults fired on the walls, new waves of flaming missiles rained down on the band of catapults. “Phalanx, ... ...ls and gate. The phalanx group quickly rushed to the gate carrying a large ram as flaming missiles from their own cannon- eers flew over them, onto t... ...fortified walls and towers provided the Draxen soldiers with cover from the onslaught of missiles and bullets. They now aimed their weapons at the p...

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...ey all heard the next sound, the sound of “fzzzt”. In a fash, a series of missiles streaked through the sky and struck the parking garage. Not built... ...ot built to withstand a 49 7 Scorpions: Rebellion bombardment of Hellfre missiles, it began to collapse. “Everyone back!” Vincent yelled. The group ... ... much. She followed the footage of the assault aircraf unleashing hellfre missiles on the various structures that used to compose the Southern Conne... ...e orders, the Seekers immediately engaged. The lead Firehawk sent hellfre missiles at the motorcycles and pickup trucks. They struck and exploded wi... ...ed of their booster jets and were prepared to take aim with their hellfre missiles. “They’ll be slaughtered,” was all Josee could say. Both Carl and... ...at the bladeless helicopters were taking up position to aim their hellfre missiles at the buses. Vin- cent was surprised to also see that they had bo... ...ladeless helicopters now. The sleek aircraf were unleashing their hellfre missiles and unloading their chain guns on feeing people below. It was a s...

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...ring within individuals from Israel. It is not a physical war with planes and missiles, as is often thought. The planes and the missiles are not the...

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...er with all the materiel we had provided over decades of collaboration. Small arms, missiles, satellite navigation systems, tapping equipment, poiso...

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...m the cone of their missile into the atmosphere, and once again into outer space, and our missiles won’t know what’s a target or not.” “So, why hav... ...sphere, and with simple modifications of the HARP system we could neutralize any enemies’ missiles.” “I still don’t understand the problem.” -...

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...y Sam Vaknin I wrote, Sally Ann, I wrote: Shot from the cannon of abuse as unwise missiles do. Course set. Explosive clouds that mark...

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...apdog Anika Ali. Both were sitting on the back seat, periodically throwing paper missiles at Sam’s head and texting unpleasant messages to her mobil...

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...nes, huge stones and blocks of wood to impel scaling ladders, were assembled together with other missiles to be hurled on the heads of the invaders....