Download or read book Modern Bombers written by Anil R. Pustam and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US Air Power series is the definitive illustrated guide to recent American dominance in the skies. Covering the planes and crews of the USAF as well as Naval, Marine and Army air wings, these books cover a period from World War II through to the present day in which American pilots have prevailed in all combat situations and have laid the foundations for the swift and decisive victories achieved during that time. The seventy-two pages include well over a hundred photographs, sixteen pages of which are in color, and every photo has a detailed caption outlining combat histories and technical specifications. The series will cover all the major conflicts in which the US has been involved recently, including both Gulf Wars, the Balkans and Afghanistan. Modern Bombers features the B-2A, B-1B and B-52, as well as the air-to-surface weaponry that they deploy, such as JDAM and JAASM.
Download or read book Modern Bombers written by Francis Crobsy and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wonderfully illustrated book begins with a history of modern bombers, from the U.S.A.'s Beoing B-47 Stratojet and the Soviets Unions Tupolevs of the Cold War through to the Lockheed Martin F-117 A Nighthawk.
Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to Modern Bombers written by Bill Gunston and published by Salamander Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Air Power written by Jerry Scutt and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative account of the development and deployment of bomber aircraft since 1945; accompanied by over l00 photographs.
Download or read book Bomber Planes written by Jay Schleifer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the design of various types of bombers, their uses in combat, and their role in the future.
Download or read book Modern Bombers and Attack Planes written by George Sullivan and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 1992 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles 13 of the most notable aircraft of this type in use around the world today.
Download or read book Bombers written by Keith Ayling and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 31 Illustrations Ex-Bomber pilot, journalist, outstanding aviation author, Keith Ayling brilliantly analyzes the bombers - medium, light, heavy and dive - of U.S., Britain, Russia and the Axis Air Forces. When and where different types of bombers are used, with details of performance and thrilling stories of heroism in the air. Every type of bomber is included, light as well as heavy, torpedo bombers and dive bombers, including a glimpse into the closely guarded details of the Russian air force, and a look at the bomber strength of Japan. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
Download or read book Bombing Civilians written by Toshiyuki Tanaka and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From British bombing in Iraq in the early 1920s to the most recent conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon, this detailed analysis explores the history of indiscriminate bombing, examining the fundamental questions of how strategies of mass killing originated and have been employed for decades. The book includes contributions from scholars in the US and Europe as well as a bold new argument by Japanese historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa claiming that it was the Soviet invasion rather than atomic bombing that led to the Japanese surrender of the Pacific.
Download or read book Battling for Bombers written by Frank P. Donnini and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the United States Air Force was founded upon strategic bombardment theory and advocacy, the service has traditionally had tremendous difficulty in obtaining the adequate funding for bombers that it requires to fulfill its mandate. For more than 45 years, senior Air Force leaders, both military and civilian, have struggled to convince decision-makers in the White House and in Congress that modern manned bomber forces were needed, acceptable, and affordable. In this study, Donnini produces one of the most exhaustive analyses ever undertaken of Congressional subcommittee decision-making in the funding of defense procurement initiatives. He concludes that no program achieved measurable success of deployment with the original force structure requested; and only two, the B-1B and B-2A, received approval to acquire lesser numbers of aircraft for operational use. Donnini found that an important part of each new bomber program appeared to be funding support through federal appropriations. If the right amounts were appropriated, the programs survived; if lesser amounts were given, chances for program failure were good; however, was funding support the deciding factor? This book used multiple case studies and the unorthodox methodology of applied content analysis of Congressional budget hearings to examine Air Force efforts to fund the most recent main bombers it sought (the B-70, B-1A, B-1B, and B-2A) and to determine measurements of success. The author's findings have implications concerning the way the United States handles procurement initiatives for major new weapon systems considered fundamental necessities for national defense.
Download or read book THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN BOMBERS written by Chien Kong and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief general description is given of bombers. Three kinds of bombers are noted: (1) The heavy or long-range strategic bomber, loaded weight 100 - 200 tons, maximum flying range 7000 km, weapon carrying capacity over 10 tons including atomic bombs and missiles, which is chiefly used for attacking military bases, political, economic, and strategic points. (2) The medium-range strategic bomber, loaded weight 40 - 90 tons, maximum flying range 4000 - 6500 km, weapon carrying capacity over 5 tons, also including atomic bombs and missiles, which is most commonly used for attacking strategic points. (3) The lightweight or tactical bomber, loaded weight 15 - 30 tons, maximum flying range about 3000 km, weapon carrying capacity 3 - 4 tons including small atomic bombs, which is used in the front lines, and for attacking the supply lines and military personnel. It is noted that, under the present conditions, when radar and missiles are used widely in air defense, the trend of bomber development is both toward higher altitudes and greater speed, and lower altitudes and greater speed.
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Bombers written by Francis Crosby and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2021-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history and A-Z of bombers with 750 photographs, in a newly updated edition.
Download or read book Bombers written by Malcolm V. Lowe and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1988-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys modern bombers and attack aircraft, discussing recent developments in design, weapons, and tactics.
Download or read book Bombers written by Mark Dartford and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the military use of aircraft to drop bombs and describes the development of particular kinds of bombers.
Download or read book The Bomber Mafia written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
Download or read book Flying Blind written by Michael E. Brown and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Blind offers an astute analysis of the role of organizational forces in initiating and shaping weapons programs. Michael E. Brown concerns himself with how weapons programs begin and why they turn out as they do. In the process he redresses a large imbalance in our understanding of how nations arm themselves. In an unmatched account constructed from massive archival work and material declassified through the Freedom of Information Act, the author provides a detailed description of all fifteen postwar U.S. strategic bomber programs, from the B-35 to the B-2. Challenging the conventional wisdom about arms races and the weapons acquisition process, Brown marshals compelling evidence that Air Force reactions to strategic developments, not technological opportunism or industry initiative, brought about many major innovations in those programs. He also discusses competing explanations of the cost, schedule, and performance problems that plague U.S. acquisition efforts. He maintains that powerful strategic and bureaucratic forces lead American military organizations to set their performance requirements far beyond the state of the art and to push their programs as fast as possible. This, he argues, is a recipe for disaster. Developing a comprehensive explanation of the cost and performance problems that plague modern weapons programs, he presents policy recommendations designed to address these issues.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Fighters Bombers of the World written by Francis Crosby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Bombing written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Strategic Bombing Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability. It is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale, its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. The term terror bombing is used to describe the strategic bombing of civilian targets without military value, in the hope of damaging an enemy's morale. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Strategic bombing Chapter 2: Battle of Britain Chapter 3: Bombing of Dresden in World War II Chapter 4: The Blitz Chapter 5: Firebombing Chapter 6: Baedeker Blitz Chapter 7: Carpet bombing Chapter 8: Aerial bombing of cities Chapter 9: Airstrike Chapter 10: Bombing of Hamburg in World War II (II) Answering the public top questions about strategic bombing. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Strategic Bombing.
