Download or read book The Origins of Surface to Air Guided Missile Technology written by James Mills and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author James Mills presents an amazing, detailed history review of the German surface-to-air guided missile technology development." —Military Review World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history also saw the conception of the first surface-to-air guided missile systems, technology pioneered by German scientists and engineers through an extensive development program which ran from 1942 to 1945. Although the program did not achieve its main objective – to introduce a functional weapon system into the Luftwaffe air defense network – German research and development in most aspects of the technology was ahead of comparable research in the United Kingdom and the United States. The history of the transfer of German SAM technology to the Allies after 1945 has previously been overshadowed by the well-published transfers of the V-1 and V-2 guided missiles. This book presents the first complete history of Germany’s wartime development of surface-to-air missile (SAM) technology, how the Allies acquired this secret research towards the end of World War II in Europe and in the early postwar period, and how they then exploited this knowledge.
Download or read book The Air Force and the National Guided Missile Program written by Max Rosenberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This AFCHO monograph covers USAF participation in the national guided missile program that slowly evolved between the closing months of World War II and the beginning of the Korean War. The first generation of missile projects laid the groundwork for a later and much more successful range of weapons. Navaho and Rascal proved the technologies that were later used for the AGM-28 Hound Dog and AGM-69 SRAM missiles. These same technologies later gave birth to the current generation of cruise missiles. These can be seen as a successful implementation of the design concepts first developed in the late 1940s. Today, in the second decade of the 21st century, pilotless aircraft are a widely used and deadly part of the American airborne arsenal. Technology has caught up with the visions of those who had conceived the first generation of guided missiles in the 1940s.
Download or read book History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the book's Foreword: In the early 1970s, the U.S. Army Center of Military History contracted with BDM Corporation for a history of U.S. efforts to counter Soviet air and missile threats during the Cold War. The resulting two-volume History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense covers the years 1945-1972 when the strategic arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its height. The study was first published for limited distribution in 1975 and recently declassified with minimal redaction. These volumes address the passive and active defense strategies, technologies, and techniques adopted by both U.S. and Soviet defense planners. Much of their actions centered around three common questions: How might we be attacked? How shall we defend our country? What can technology do to solve the basic problems of defending against this new intercontinental threat?
Download or read book History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense 1945 1955 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the book's Foreword: In the early 1970s, the U.S. Army Center of Military History contracted with BDM Corporation for a history of U.S. efforts to counter Soviet air and missile threats during the Cold War. The resulting two-volume History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense covers the years 1945-1972 when the strategic arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its height. The study was first published for limited distribution in 1975 and recently declassified with minimal redaction. These volumes address the passive and active defense strategies, technologies, and techniques adopted by both U.S. and Soviet defense planners. Much of their actions centered around three common questions: How might we be attacked? How shall we defend our country? What can technology do to solve the basic problems of defending against this new intercontinental threat?
Download or read book Surface to air Missile Technology Review written by Marts Donald Blue and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digital Model of a Surface to Air Missile System written by Albert Leroy Mullikin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 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 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analyses of Surface to air Missile Systems written by Berry Owen Pyron and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guided Missiles written by Alix Wood and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided missiles have been used by militaries around the world since World War II. Readers explore the history behind the developments in guided missile technology from the earliest uses of these weapons to the most advanced guided missiles used today. Detailed text, photographs, and fact boxes provide readers with a comprehensive look at the impact guided missiles have had on modern warfare. Readers also learn the countermeasures put in place to protect against the use of these weapons. What guides these weapons? The answers to this question and many more are found with each turn of the page.
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 Air Warfare in the Missile Age written by Lon O. Nordeen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 280 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 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 Guided Missiles of Russia written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Air-to-air missiles of Russia, Air-to-surface missiles of Russia, Anti-radiation missiles of Russia, Anti-ship missiles of Russia, Anti-tank missiles of Russia, Ballistic missiles of Russia, Cruise missiles of Russia, Russian Air Force guided missiles, Russian Navy guided missiles, Strategic Rocket Forces guided missiles, Surface-to-air missiles of Russia, S-300, Buk missile system, Tor missile system, 9K22 Tunguska, S-400, R-36, Pantsir-S1, 9K720 Iskander, Kh-31, RT-2PM Topol, 9K38 Igla, R-77, 9M133 Kornet, Novator K-100, RT-2UTTKh Topol M, Vertikal, R-60, R-12 Dvina, Kh-25, Kh-29, R-27, R-7 Semyorka, Kh-28, 9K121 Vikhr, Kh-59, RS-24, ABM-1 Galosh, R-33, MA-31, 9M123 Khrizantema, RT-23 Molodets, Kh-58, 9M113 Konkurs, Kh-35, R-73, Kashtan CIWS, R-9 Desna, 9K115 Metis, P-120 Malakhit, S-300VM, R-37, SS-N-22, R-40, 9K115-2 Metis-M, Kh-15, UR-100N, R-29 Vysota, R-16, 9M119 Svir, P-70 Ametist, A-135 anti-ballistic missile system, 9M120 Ataka-V, S-500, K-5, P-500 Bazalt, 9M117 Bastion, MR-UR-100 Sotka, R-29RMU Sineva, UR-200, Hermes, R-29RM Shtil, RT-21 Temp 2S, K-9, 53T6, A-35 anti-ballistic missile system, RT-20, 9K118 Sheksna, Club K. Excerpt: The S-300 is a series of Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by NPO Almaz, all based on the initial S-300P version. The S-300 system was developed to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles for the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Subsequent variations were developed to intercept ballistic missiles. The S-300 was jointly produced by Almaz with Samsung Group of South Korea since 1993. The S-300 system was first deployed by the Soviet Union in 1979, designed for the air defense of large industrial and administrative facilities, military bases, and control of airspace against enemy strike aircraft. The project-managing developer of the S-300 is Russian Almaz...
Download or read book Surface To Air Guided Missile Systems Methods Of Tactical Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tactical analysis is presented of surface-to air missile systems. The purpose of this analysis is to provide a suitable quantitative measure of the effectiveness of a guided missile system in defending surface targets. Two problems arise at the outset, (1) the choice of a proper measure of effectiveness, and (2) the choice of a proper method of analysis i.e., means for getting from the characteristics of the air battle elements to the measure. The choice of a measure of effectiveness is considered in some detail. It must depend upon kill probability, firepower, and coodination of fire. By kill probability is meant the probability that, once undertaken, an engagement of a target will result in damage to that target. By firepower is meant the number of target engagements the defense is capable of during the attack. By coordination of fire is meant the degree to which overkilling of targets, with consequent waste of missiles and firing time, is avoided. Each of these three is treated at length, and the characteristics of a surface-to-air guided missile system are described. (Author).
Download or read book The Early Development of Guided Weapons in the United Kingdom 1940 1960 written by Stephen Robert Twigge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Guided Missiles of the Cold War written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Cold War air-to-air missiles, Cold War air-to-surface missiles, Cold War anti-radiation missiles, Cold War anti-ship missiles, Cold War anti-tank missiles, Cold War cruise missiles, Cold War nuclear missiles, Cold War surface-to-air missiles, Tomahawk, AGM-114 Hellfire, MIM-104 Patriot, SSM-N-8 Regulus, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-28 Hound Dog, GAM-63 RASCAL, BGM-71 TOW, Roland, MGM-1 Matador, MIM-14 Nike-Hercules, ADM-20 Quail, 9K11 Malyutka, Ikara, SS.11, BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile, SSM-N-9 Regulus II, XSM-73 Goose, SM-64 Navaho, RIM-8 Talos, SM-62 Snark, MILAN, Swingfire, 9K111 Fagot, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, SSM-A-5 Boojum, 9M113 Konkurs, 9K114 Shturm, Velvet Glove, MGM-5 Corporal, MGM-18 Lacrosse, MGM-13 Mace, RIM-2 Terrier, 9K112 Kobra, 9K115 Metis, P-120 Malakhit, Type 64 MAT, 3M6 Shmel, Cobra, SS.10, Sprint, 3M11 Falanga, LIM-49 Spartan, P-5 Pyatyorka, ASM-N-8 Corvus, Vickers Vigilant, Type 79 Jyu-MAT, 9M119 Svir, P-70 Ametist, XSM-74, Type 87 Chu-MAT, MGM-29 Sergeant, RB 04, Burya, P-500 Bazalt, Bantam, Mathogo, Cannonball, Taifun, AGM-124 Wasp, EKR, KSShch, AGM-76 Falcon, Martin Pescador MP-1000, Mosquito, Dornier Viper. Excerpt: The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium Air Defense (HIMAD) system, and replaced the MIM-23 Hawk system as the U.S. Army's medium tactical air defense system. In addition to these roles, Patriot has been given the function of the U.S. Army's anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, which is now Patriot's primary mission. Patriot uses an advanced aerial interceptor missile and high performance radar systems....
