Download or read book On Alert an Operational History of the United States Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICBM Program 1945 2011 Atlas Titan Minuteman Peacekeeper MX Minuteman III Nuclear Warhead written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world, it is difficult to fully grasp and appreciate the cultural and geopolitical climate that existed after the Allied victory in World War II. The rise of the Soviet Union, the lack of insight into actual military capabilities held by the Soviets, and the threat of nuclear annihilation were existential concerns for the United States leadership. Ensuring the nation's survival in this environment--particularly in the face of the war-weary mindset of the people--required tremendous wisdom and technical foresight. Developing a credible means to deliver a nuclear weapon to intercontinental distances on very short notice provided a powerful deterrent against aggression toward the United States. The men and women who eventually built these intercontinental-range rockets, as well as the ones who transformed nuclear weapons to be capable of launching on these rockets, deserve a key place in our nation's history. This book describes their struggles, both on the technical front and on the political front, as they pursued game-changing capabilities. From the early Atlas and Titan missiles to the Minuteman and Peacekeeper families of missiles, the prowess of our engineers and scientists was evident.Chapter 1 - The Air Force Enters the Missile Age, 1945-1955 * The Air Force Shuns Ballistic Missiles * Ballistic Missiles Receive New Life * Eisenhower Faces the Threat of Surprise Attack * Trevor Gardner Energizes the Missile Program * Chapter 2 - Creating the Operational Atlas and Titan I First Generation ICBM Force, 1955-1965 * Establishing Force Levels * Developing and Testing the Atlas and Titan * The Development of Vandenberg (Cooke) Air Force Base * Atlas Operational Deployment: F. E. Warren Air Force Base Leads the Way * Titan I Operational Deployment: Lowry Air Force Base Leads the Way * Building the Missile Bases * Training the Operational Force * The Operational Force and the Reliability Issue * Phase-out of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs * The Balance Sheet: Looking Ahead * Chapter 3 - The "Mighty" Titan II, 1963-1987 * From Titan I to Titan II * The Titan II Takes Flight * Deploying the Titan II * Building the Davis-Monthan Missile Complex * Into an Uncertain Future, 1964-1969 * The Titan Combat Crew Experience * Addressing Crewmember Morale * Bringing Women into the Titan Force * Deactivating the Titan II * Chapter 4 - The "Ace in the Hole" Minuteman, 1945-1991 * Colonel Edward N. Hall Envisions a Revolutionary ICBM, 1945-1959 * A Weapon System Takes Shape, 1958-1961 * The Minuteman I Takes Flight * Deploying the Minuteman I * From Minuteman I to Minuteman II and Minuteman III, 1962-1975 * The Minuteman Combat Crew Experience * SAC's Minuteman Education Program Initiative * Women Join Minuteman Crews * The Minuteman in Transition, 1980-1991 * Chapter 5 - The "Ultimate Deterrent" Peacekeeper, 1971-2005 * An MX Advanced ICBM Project Takes Shape * The Carter Administration Commits to a Basing Strategy * The Reagan Administration Pursues Another MX Basing Strategy * The Scowcroft Commission Establishes an Agenda * The Peacekeeper ICBM Takes Shape * The Air Force Selects F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, for the Peacekeeper's Home * The Site Activation Task Force Deploys Peacekeeper Missiles in Minuteman Silos * The Peacekeeper Becomes Operational * The Air Force Adopts Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Mobility * Arms Control Agreements Set the Course for Peacekeeper * The Peacekeeper Combat Crew Experience * Momentum Builds for Peacekeeper Deactivation * The Air Force Deactivates the Peacekeeper * Chapter 6 - The Once and Future Minuteman III, 1991-2011
Download or read book On Alert written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world, it is difficult to fully grasp and appreciate the cultural and geopolitical climate that existed after the Allied victory in World War II. The rise of the Soviet Union, the lack of insight into actual military capabilities held by the Soviets, and the threat of nuclear annihilation were existential concerns for the United States leadership. Ensuring the nation's survival in this environment--particularly in the face of the war-weary mindset of the people--required tremendous wisdom and technical foresight. Developing a credible means to deliver a nuclear weapon to intercontinental distances on very short notice provided a powerful deterrent against aggression toward the United States. The men and women who eventually built these intercontinental-range rockets, as well as the ones who transformed nuclear weapons to be capable of launching on these rockets, deserve a key place in our nation's history. This book describes their struggles, both on the technical front and on the political front, as they pursued game-changing capabilities. From the early Atlas and Titan missiles to the Minuteman and Peacekeeper families of missiles, the prowess of our engineers and scientists was evident.Chapter 1 - The Air Force Enters the Missile Age, 1945-1955 * The Air Force Shuns Ballistic Missiles * Ballistic Missiles Receive New Life * Eisenhower Faces the Threat of Surprise Attack * Trevor Gardner Energizes the Missile Program * Chapter 2 - Creating the Operational Atlas and Titan I First Generation ICBM Force, 1955-1965 * Establishing Force Levels * Developing and Testing the Atlas and Titan * The Development of Vandenberg (Cooke) Air Force Base * Atlas Operational Deployment: F. E. Warren Air Force Base Leads the Way * Titan I Operational Deployment: Lowry Air Force Base Leads the Way * Building the Missile Bases * Training the Operational Force * The Operational Force and the Reliability Issue * Phase-out of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs * The Balance Sheet: Looking Ahead * Chapter 3 - The "Mighty" Titan II, 1963-1987 * From Titan I to Titan II * The Titan II Takes Flight * Deploying the Titan II * Building the Davis-Monthan Missile Complex * Into an Uncertain Future, 1964-1969 * The Titan Combat Crew Experience * Addressing Crewmember Morale * Bringing Women into the Titan Force * Deactivating the Titan II * Chapter 4 - The "Ace in the Hole" Minuteman, 1945-1991 * Colonel Edward N. Hall Envisions a Revolutionary ICBM, 1945-1959 * A Weapon System Takes Shape, 1958-1961 * The Minuteman I Takes Flight * Deploying the Minuteman I * From Minuteman I to Minuteman II and Minuteman III, 1962-1975 * The Minuteman Combat Crew Experience * SAC's Minuteman Education Program Initiative * Women Join Minuteman Crews * The Minuteman in Transition, 1980-1991 * Chapter 5 - The "Ultimate Deterrent" Peacekeeper, 1971-2005 * An MX Advanced ICBM Project Takes Shape * The Carter Administration Commits to a Basing Strategy * The Reagan Administration Pursues Another MX Basing Strategy * The Scowcroft Commission Establishes an Agenda * The Peacekeeper ICBM Takes Shape * The Air Force Selects F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, for the Peacekeeper's Home * The Site Activation Task Force Deploys Peacekeeper Missiles in Minuteman Silos * The Peacekeeper Becomes Operational * The Air Force Adopts Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Mobility * Arms Control Agreements Set the Course for Peacekeeper * The Peacekeeper Combat Crew Experience * Momentum Builds for Peacekeeper Deactivation * The Air Force Deactivates the Peacekeeper * Chapter 6 - The Once and Future Minuteman III, 1991-2011
Download or read book Weapons and Warfare 2 volumes written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 1289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers major weapons throughout human history, beginning with clubs and maces; through crossbows, swords, and gunpowder; up to the hypersonic railgun, lasers, and robotic weapons under development today. Weapons and Warfare is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and highly informative overview of weapons and their impact on the course of human history. In addition to providing basic factual information, this encyclopedia will delve into the greater historical context and significance of each weapon. The chronological organization by time period will enable readers to fully understand the evolution of weapons throughout history. The work begins with a foreword by a top scholar and a detailed introductory essay by the editor that provides an illuminating historical overview of weapons. It then offers entries on more than 650 individual weapons systems. Each entry has sources for further reading. The weapons are presented alphabetically within six time periods, ranging from the prehistoric and ancient periods to the contemporary period. Each period has its own introduction that treats the major trends occurring in that era. In addition, 50 sidebars offer fascinating facts on various weapons. Numerous illustrations throughout the text are also included.
Download or read book Intelligence Revolution 1960 written by Ingard Clausen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview: Provides a history of the Corona Satellite photo reconnaissance Program. It was a joint Central Intelligence Agency and United States Air Force program in the 1960s. It was then highly classified.
Download or read book The Second Nuclear Age written by Colin S. Gray and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author takes issue with the complacent belief that a happy mixture of deterrence, arms control and luck will enable humanity to cope adequately with weapons of mass destruction, arguing that the risks are ever more serious.
Download or read book AU 18 Space Primer written by Air Command Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US National Space Policy released by the president in 2006 states that the US government should "develop space professionals." As an integral part of that endeavor, "AU-18, Space Primer", provides to the joint war fighter an unclassified resource for understanding the capabilities, organizations, and operations of space forces. This primer is a useful tool both for individuals who are not "space aware"-unacquainted with space capabilities, organizations, and operations-and for those who are "space aware," especially individuals associated with the space community, but not familiar with space capabilities, organizations, and operations outside their particular areas of expertise. It is your guide and your invitation to all the excitement and opportunity of space. Last published in 1993, this updated version of the Space Primer has been made possible by combined efforts of the Air Command and Staff College's academic year 2008 "Jointspacemindedness" and "Operational Space" research seminars, as well as select members of the academic year 2009 "Advanced Space" research seminar. Air university Press.
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Download or read book US Air Force written by Bob Archer and published by Midland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the evolution of the US Air Force and looks at significant events and campaigns that have shaped its history. Extensive detail begins with the present day major commands and unit structure, and commands which were in place in 1947. Each is detailed including development, unit assignments, serial batches, and an explanation of the role of each variant. A list of current tail codes is presented, along with command assignment, aircraft operated, and home base.
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.
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Download or read book SIPRI Yearbook 1994 written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SIPRI Yearbook 1994 continues SIPRI's review of the latest developments in nuclear weapons, world military expenditure, the international arms trade and arms production, chemical and biological weapons, the proliferation of ballistic missile technology, armed conflicts in 1993, and nuclear and conventional arms control. It is the most complete and authoritative source available for up-to-date information in war studies, strategic studies, peace studies, and international relations.
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