Download or read book Stealth written by Peter J. Westwick and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen airplanes appeared in the skies over Baghdad. Or, rather, didn't appear. They arrived in the dark, their black outlines cloaking them from sight. More importantly, their odd, angular shapes, which made them look like flying origami, rendered them undetectable to Iraq's formidable air defenses. Stealth technology, developed during the decades before Desert Storm, had arrived. To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, this seemingly ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. At heart, Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it.

Download or read book Black Ops written by Guy Bowers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Ops is a skirmish wargame of tactical espionage combat that recreates the tension and excitement of modern action-thrillers such as the Bond and Bourne films. The fast-play rules keep all the players in the thick of the action, while the mission generator provides a wide range of options for scenarios – from stealthy extraction or surveillance missions to more overt raids and assaults. Stealth, combat, and technical expertise all have a role to play, and players may recruit a number of different operative types – spies, mercenaries, criminals, hackers, special forces, and many more – to recruit the best possible team for the job. Players may also choose to join a faction – powerful organizations, intelligence agencies, criminal syndicates, militaries, or rebel groups, each with a stake in international affairs. By doing so, their team may receive certain benefits, but may also find itself limited at a crucial time. With the variety offered by the characters, factions, and scenarios, no two games of Black Ops should ever be the same!

Download or read book Stealth Fighter written by William B. O'Connor and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilot recounts his experiences flying NATO missions in a F-117 stealth fighter over Kosovo in 1999.

Download or read book Star Wars Build Your Own X Wing written by Star Wars and published by Studio Fun International. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your own Starfighter and join the Resistance! This mini construction book features a 32-page guide to Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi plus all the pieces you will need to build a model!

Download or read book Stealth Patrol written by Bill Shanahan and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2003-10-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting Vietnam memoir that takes you behind enemy lines with the U.S. Rangers as they hunt their foe in one dangerous mission after another

Download or read book The Radar Game written by Rebecca Grant and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Much of [this book] is devoted to a basic discussion of how stealth works and why it is effective in reducing the number of shots taken by defensive systems. Treat this little primer as a stepping off point for discovering more of the complexities of low observability. ... [This book] should also shed light on why complex technologies like stealth cost money to field. The quest for stealth is ongoing... In fact, stealth aircraft will have to work harder than ever. The major difference from 1998 to 2010 is that defense plans no longer envision an all-stealth fleet. ... The radar game of 2020 and 2030 will feature a lot of assists and the tactics that go along with that."--P. 7.

Download or read book Zarketh written by Matthew Boyle and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been three years since the fall of Sion Terogol, Demi-God of Insanity and Lord of the Converted. The great legend known as Dmitri Sergei Sion has finally found something that he had been yearning for his whole life, true peace. After all the years that he and his allies had been fighting, it seemed that evil was finally defeated. He had been given a chance to live a normal life and be with the woman that he has fallen in love with. However, to Dmitri's fears, he believes that same evil will return; that his home, the One-World, will be threatened by the same man again. While his paranoia haunts his dreams, a greater evil manifests from the very victory that he had achieved. This evil, brought upon by a dark prophecy, seeks to undo everything that the great hero has done, to bring the planet into an Age of Darkness. However, while this evil grows, a great epidemic causes the legend to challenge his own code, the code that he stood by for generations of time. Will be able to do what has to be done, or will he destroy everything that he has fought to preserve?

Download or read book DK Adventures Terrors of the Deep written by Deborah Lock and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of planning, marine biologists Dom Marlin and Jake Sturgeon set off to explore Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean — the deepest ocean trench in the world in DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep. Join them from pre-launch checks in the submersible Orion, to their encounters with great white sharks, big red jellyfish, a dumbo octopus and more, to the end of their journey, all while supported on the surface by a crew on the ship Andromeda. Discover what life is like 6,000 fathoms deep, plus learn about the history of submersibles, facts about megalodons, what coral reefs are made of, what zooplankton eat and more in DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep. DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

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Download or read book Loner Life in Another World Light Novel Vol 10 written by Shoji Goji and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loner Haruka and his classmates set out for the Beast Kingdom as envoys for Diorelle amid the Theocracy-induced political turmoil. Their mission? Win the Beast Kingdom's support! But the beastfolk revere strength above all else and seem to distain the low-level Haruka. If that isn't bad enough, the strongest members of the tribe challenge Haruka to a duel!

Download or read book Last Chance written by Jesse Wilson and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love of Officer Brandon Green’s life disappeared months ago. Ever since, he’s been miserable and suspected of being involved. Sidelined on the force, being forced to attend endless opening ceremonies and public events, he’s been stuck in place. One day, while him and his partner Phil are doing another mindless ceremony, Brandon sees a vampire staring right at him and is compelled to investigate. After the vampire shows him a picture of his lost love, the unlikely trio set on an adventure, in an underworld they had no idea existed, to give Brandon one last chance to save the woman he loves.

Download or read book Interactive Storytelling for Video Games written by Josiah Lebowitz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story? How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place? Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences? All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on interactive storytelling for video games. You'll get detailed descriptions of all major types of interactive stories, case studies of popular games (including Bioshock, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, and Metal Gear Solid), and how players interact with them, and an in-depth analysis of the results of a national survey on player storytelling preferences in games. You'll get the expert advice you need to generate compelling and original game concepts and narratives.With Interactive Storytelling for Video Games, you'll:

Download or read book Falcons written by Nicholas Wade Wynn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a world constantly struggling with war, those in power wage war on those who cannot defend themselves for total global control. A smaller organization foresees where the human race is headed if the wars continue, and so the FALCONS are born. They are a small group of soldiers specifically trained to take on the larger military powers. Only soon the enemy militaries will be a small fraction of their worries. Dark forces conspire to rise up from the deep abyss of Hell. Demons come to possess humans at a more rapid pace to speed up the coming Armageddon by bringing about certain omens told of in legends from long since past. With every passing second every demon devil and fallen angel awaits for their chance to be released from Hell. Will the FALCONS rise up and become humanity's Proclamation for Salvation?

Download or read book Hideo Kojima written by Bryan Hikari Hartzheim and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the influential work of Hideo Kojima, creator of cinematic titles such as the blockbuster Metal Gear Solid franchise, which has moved over 50 million units globally, as well as Snatcher, Policenauts, and Death Stranding. As the architect of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Kojima is synonymous with the “stealth game” genre, where tension and excitement is created from players avoiding enemies rather than confronting them. Through the franchise, Kojima also helped to bridge the gap between games and other forms of media, arguing that games could be deep experiences that unearthed complex emotions from players on the same level as films or novels. Drawing on archives of interviews in English and Japanese with Kojima and his team, as well as academic discourses of social/political games and cinematic narrative/world-building, this book examines Kojima's progressive game design as it applies to four key areas: socially-relevant narratives, cinematic aesthetics, thematically-connected systems, and reflexive spaces.

Download or read book Tame Me written by Kendall Talbot and published by Kendall Talbot books. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My crazy dare was the worst idea of my life. And I’m in so much trouble it hurts. I've been dreaming of finding Mr. Perfect for years. Never did I imagine I’d find three men. THREE! It’s no longer the incredible sex that has my knees buckling; it's how deeply these men touch my soul. But another wonderful night filled with laughter and a little recklessness ends in total disaster, shattering my heart into a million tiny pieces. Am I about to end the year exactly as I started... single? Don’t miss this final explosive book in Jane’s quest to find love. TAME ME is BOOK FOUR in the totally binge-worthy, laugh-out-loud, steamy Stilettos and Secrets series, full of forbidden steamy moments, hilarious banter and a heroine who is learning how to love herself again.

Download or read book Sinful Temptations written by Kendall Talbot and published by Kendall Talbot books. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steamy European adventures and one irresistible co-worker—what could go wrong? I'm the world's worst wing-woman. One moment, I'm pretending to find the perfect girl for Roman, my hotter-than-sin co-worker. The next, I'm fantasizing about him myself. I should be helping him get over his ex, focusing on his needs. But after years of suppressing my desires, they’re demanding attention—and Roman, with his drool-worthy muscles, isn’t making it easy. As we journey across Europe in our tour bus, he's a constant, delicious distraction. Then, catastrophe strikes. My estranged mother, who vanished from my life when I was fourteen, tracks me down. She’s the second reason I don’t believe in love. Now she’s battling cancer and begging me to return to Australia to reconcile before it’s too late. Do I rush to the bedside of my only living relative? Or do I stay and help Roman, the man who’s rescued me in more ways than one? SINFUL TEMPTATIONS is BOOK TWO in the Six Months of Sin series. This scorching-hot, second-chance romantic comedy is brimming with emotions, drama, and laughter. Join a kick-ass woman conquering Europe one steamy adventure at a time. You’ll laugh, drool, and swoon, so get ready to stay up all night reading.

Download or read book Feral Fate written by Kendall Talbot and published by AnnetteKendall. This book was released on 2024-09-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nightmare is far from over. Survival is just the beginning. After surviving the EMP blast that crippled their cruise ship, the exhausted passengers of Rose of the Sea finally reach dry land. But the deserted island harbors sinister secrets, where one wrong step on its sandy shores can mean the difference between life and death. Gunner: When Gunner is stripped of his leadership, he fears the fragile semblance of order will unravel into lawlessness, leaving nothing to stand in the way of desperate humans turning on each other. Gabby: Now caring for an orphaned child, Gabby is determined to get her family to safety on the mainland. But without her epilepsy medication, her condition becomes a ticking time bomb—a fatal seizure could strike at any moment. Zon: Hungry for power, Zon declares himself leader of the fracturing group. But when his reckless decisions lead to a deadly accident, he finds himself at the mercy of the island and those he tried to control. Tempers are high. Supplies are low. Will the group shatter into chaos? Or will the island’s deadly secrets destroy all they have left? Download Feral Fate today and dive into this gripping survival thriller. FERAL FATE is the second book in the Waves of Fate series.