Weapons of choice : the development of precision guided munitions /
History and deployment of smart weapons. In the United States, efforts to develop precision guided munitions-PGMs-began during the First World War and resulted in an 'aerial torpedo' by the 1920s. While World War II was dominated by large-scale strategic bombing-essentially throwing out to...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The roots of precision guidance
- Air power in the aftermath of World War II
- Making pinpoint accuracy a reality
- Vietnam: precision guided munitions come of age
- The aftermath of Vietnam: Gulf War and peacekeeping
- Policy implications.