Download or read book American Guided Missiles of World War II written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems. However, whilst the German missiles of World War II are famous around the world, their American counterparts have remained shrouded in secrecy, despite the fact that they formed the basis for the later revolutions in precision warfare. Among the most sophisticated missiles of World War II was the US Navy's radar-guided Bat anti-ship missile, which was on the verge of deployment in the final months of the war. The war also saw the first use of guided assault drones, including the US Army Air Force's Aphrodite program of 1944, and the US Navy's Project Anvil and TDR-1. This book draws back the veil on these weapons, examining the principal avenues of missile development in America during World War II, including the early glide bombs, radio-controlled bombs and electro-optically controlled bombs. Some of the more peculiar efforts, such as the “Bat bomb” and pigeon-guided bombs, are also explored. The text is supported by specially commissioned, full-colour artwork and diagrams.

Download or read book American Guided Missiles of World War II written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems. However, whilst the German missiles of World War II are famous around the world, their American counterparts have remained shrouded in secrecy, despite the fact that they formed the basis for the later revolutions in precision warfare. Among the most sophisticated missiles of World War II was the US Navy's radar-guided Bat anti-ship missile, which was on the verge of deployment in the final months of the war. The war also saw the first use of guided assault drones, including the US Army Air Force's Aphrodite program of 1944, and the US Navy's Project Anvil and TDR-1. This book draws back the veil on these weapons, examining the principal avenues of missile development in America during World War II, including the early glide bombs, radio-controlled bombs and electro-optically controlled bombs. Some of the more peculiar efforts, such as the “Bat bomb” and pigeon-guided bombs, are also explored. The text is supported by specially commissioned, full-colour artwork and diagrams.

Download or read book German Guided Missiles of World War II written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guided missiles were among the most cutting-edge of the new military technologies that Nazi Germany developed - but beyond the V-1 and V-2, most are little known. In 1943, the guided missile age began, with the Mediterranean deployment of the Henschel Hs 293 and the Fritz-X. They scored immediate and spectacular successes - most famously sinking the Italian battleship Roma as it sailed to join the Allies - and sparking a vigorous but little-known "Wizard War" to develop electronic countermeasures, the first effort of its kind. Meanwhile, the Luftwaffe was failing to stop the Allies' massed bombers as they devastated Germany. Fielding guided surface-to-air missiles was an astonishingly ambitious response - but the Wasserfall, Schmetterling, and others reached surprisingly advanced states of development. This authoritative book explains the development and combat use of these advanced weapons, as well as the X-4 air-to-air missile and its wire-guided antitank missile derivative, and their influence on postwar missile development."

Download or read book The Rocket and Guided Missile Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guided Missiles Rockets and Artificial Satellites Including Project Vanguard written by Army Library (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guided Missiles written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 6TH JOINT MILITARY INDUSTRY GUIDED MISSILE RELIABILITY SYMPOSIUM VOLUME 1 15 17 FEB 1960 written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Tactical Reliability of Field Army Guided Missile Systems; What Reliability Means to SAC; Interservice Data Exchange Program (IDEP); Management Policies for Assigning Departmental Reliability Responsibilities; High Reliability Requirements Present Challenge to the Electronics Industry; R and D Engineering Reliability Program at Motorola's Western Military Electronics Center; The Definition and Determination of Missile Weapons Systems Reliability; Let's Define Our Component Reliability Goals; A Unique Approach to Reliability Design Reviews; Reliability Education; Development of a Reliability Course Specifically for Design Engineers; Increasing Reliability Through Operator and Inspector Training and Certification; Human Factors and Missile System Unreliability; Personnel Logistics as a Factor In Achieving Weapon System Reliability; The Hidden Dissuaders of Missile System Reliability; The Demonstration of Equipment Reliability Through Accelerated Life Testing Techniques; Bullpup, A Round of Ammunition; Verification of Flight Reliability Missile Guidance Unit; Reliability Concepts Applied to Obtain Design Specifications From Measured Environmental Data; Quality Control and Missile Systems Acceptance Testing.

Download or read book Missile Guidance and Control Systems written by George M. Siouris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-07 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airborne Vehicle Guidance and Control Systems is a broad and wide- angled engineering and technological area for research, and continues to be important not only in military defense systems but also in industrial process control and in commercial transportation networks such as various Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The book fills a long-standing gap in the literature. The author is retired from the Air Force Institute and received the Air Force's Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award.

Download or read book PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH JOINT MILITARY INDUSTRY GUIDED MISSILE RELIABILITY SYMPOSIUM written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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:

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Download or read book Missiles Defense Programs Threats and Types written by Maik Schiffer and published by Nova Snova. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has been developing and deploying ballistic missile defenses (BMD) to defend against enemy missiles continuously since the late 1940s. Chapter 1 gives a brief history of the BMD Program. For over half a century, the Department of Defense (DOD) has funded efforts to defend the United States from ballistic missile attacks. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) developing missile defense capabilities to defend the United States, deployed forces, and regional allies from missile attacks. Chapter 2 addresses for fiscal year 2018 (1) the progress MDA made in achieving delivery and testing goals and (2) the extent to which MDA made progress in developing and delivering integrated regional BMDS capabilities. Chapter 3 discusses (1) the challenges MDA and the defense intelligence community face in meeting the agency's threat assessment needs and (2) the extent to which MDA engages the defense intelligence community on missile defense acquisitions. Foreign countries have made advancements in their nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. Chapter 4 reports on the current status of North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, while chapter 5 provides information on Iran's ballistic missile capabilities. Members of Congress and Pentagon officials have placed a growing emphasis on U.S. programs to develop hypersonic weapons as a part of an effort to acquire the capability for the United States to launch attacks against targets around the world in under an hour. Chapter 6 focuses, primarily, on the Pentagon's ongoing program to develop ballistic missile-based conventional prompt strike systems. The Navy undertook a conceptual design phase for the FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate program that enabled industry to inform FFG(X) requirements, identify opportunities for cost savings, and mature different ship designs. Chapter 7 addresses the FFG(X) acquisition approach and contracting plans. Chapter 8 provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations.

Download or read book Guided Missiles in War and Peace written by Nels A. Parson and published by Cambridge : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1956 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Misguided Expenditure written by David Gold and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fundamentals of Guided Missiles written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: