Download or read book Acquisition of the Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minuteman III is a ballistic missile weapon system of intercontinental range. The purpose of the Propulsion Replacement Program (the program) is to extend the service life of the Minuteman III weapon system by remanufacturing and replacing the three solid rocket stages of its propulsion system before age-out occurs. The Air Force initiated the program in response to national guidance for strategic deterrence and defense in the DoD Planning Guidance for maintaining a strategic nuclear force. The program also responds to guidance in the 1992 National Military Strategy to continue to maintain a TRIAD to deter the threat of nuclear aggression. The Minuteman III weapon system will eventually become the only intercontinental ballistic missile component of the strategic TRIAD. The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Program Office (System Program Office) estimates that program research and development will cost about $331 million and that procurement will cost about $1.8 billion. The audit objective was to evaluate the overall management of the Air Force Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program. Because the program is in the engineering and manufacturing development acquisition phase, our objective was to determine whether management was cost-effectively developing and readying the program for low-rate initial production. In addition, we evaluated the management control program as it related to our audit objective.
Download or read book The Future of the U S Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force written by Lauren Caston and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors assess alternatives for a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) across a broad set of potential characteristics and situations. They use the current Minuteman III as a baseline to develop a framework to characterize alternative classes of ICBMs, assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives, and weigh those alternatives against their cost.
Download or read book ICBM Modernization Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program Has Not Been Justified written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minuteman III is expected to be the United States only fielded land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system after the year 2003, when the Minuteman II and Peacekeeper missiles are retired as a result of arms control initiatives. The Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program is part of a DoD initiative to extend the life of the Minuteman III weapon system through the year 2020. The primarily audit objective was to evaluate the overall management of the Guidance Replacement Program. Specifically, we determined whether the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Program Office was cost-effectively developing the system and making it ready for low-rate initial production. We also reviewed the adequacy of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Program Office's management control program as it applied to the audit objectives.
Download or read book Icbm Modernization written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NSIAD-93-181 ICBM Modernization: Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program Has Not Been Adequately Justified
Download or read book ICBM Modernization written by United States. General Accounting Office. National Security and International Affairs Division and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ICBM Modernization written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minuteman written by David Stumpf and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation. Although its nuclear warhead may have lacked power relative to that of the Titan II, the Minuteman more than made up for this in terms of numbers and readiness to launch—making it the ultimate ICBM. Minuteman offers a fascinating look at the technological breakthroughs necessary to field this weapon system that has served as a powerful component of the strategic nuclear triad for more than half a century. With exacting detail, Stumpf examines the construction of launch and launch control facilities; innovations in solid propellant, lightweight inertial guidance systems, and lightweight reentry vehicle development; and key flight tests and operational flight programs—all while situating the Minuteman program in the context of world events. In doing so, the author reveals how the historic missile has adapted to changing defense strategies—from counterforce to mutually assured destruction to sufficiency.
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense acquisitions assessments of major weapon programs report to Congressional committees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Defend and Deter written by John C. Lonnquest and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense's official history of the United States Cold War missile program--completely reformatted with all-new color illustrations and photographs not used in the original edition. The DoD commissioned this study as part of its Cold War Project in 1996. With permission from the DoD's Legacy Program, Hole in the Head Press brings To Defend and Deter back into print. This informative guide offers a thorough look at Cold War missile development, from the earliest beginnings of rocketry in the 13th century to the arms control agreements that began in the 1970s. Both a narrative history and reference guide, To Defend and Deter traces the evolution of the Cold War and establishes the United States missile program's scope and its massive impact on the American landscape, citizens, and structure of the U.S. military establishment.
Download or read book Air Force Acquisition Fact Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Fiery Peace in a Cold War written by Neil Sheehan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionary American Air Force officer—melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transport the reader back and forth from individual drama to world stage. "Compulsively readable and important.” —The New York Times Book Review In this never-before-told story, Neil Sheehan—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award -- details American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever’s quest to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, and describes American efforts to develop the unstoppable nuclear-weapon delivery system, the intercontinental ballistic missile, the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger. In a sweeping narrative, Sheehan brings to life a huge cast of some of the most intriguing characters of the cold war, including the brilliant physicist John Von Neumann, and the hawkish Air Force general, Curtis LeMay.
Download or read book Space Power Interests written by Peter Hayes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique volume, an international cast of leading scholars from several disciplines offers a comprehensive assessment of the current status of space-based weaponry. Regional and technical experts offer their analysis of the major powers' special interests in space and also examine the broader issues of ICBM proliferation, testing, monitoring, and verification as well as possible opportunities for cooperation between states with a stake in space power.
Download or read book The Evolution of the Cruise Missile written by Kenneth P. Werrell and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by Michael J. Sullivan and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several decades, Congress and the DoD have explored ways to improve the acquisition of major weapon systems, yet program outcomes and their underlying causes have proven resistant to change. Last year, the cumulative cost growth in DoD's portfolio of major programs was $296 billion. The opportunity to achieve meaningful improvements may now be at hand with the recent intro. of major reforms to the acquisition process. This report focuses on: (1) identifying weapon programs that are achieving good outcomes; (2) the factors that enable some programs to succeed; and (3) lessons to be learned from these programs to guide implementation of recent reforms. This report conducted case study reviews of five programs. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
