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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795978303321

Autore

Charron Andrea

Titolo

NORAD : in perpetuity and beyond / / Andrea Charron and James G. Fergusson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal : , : McGill-Queens University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-2280-1494-8

0-2280-1493-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 208 pages) : maps

Collana

McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government Studies in Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance

Classificazione

cci1icc

Disciplina

355.33041

Soggetti

Command and control systems - Technological innovations - United States

Command and control systems - Technological innovations - Canada

Geopolitics - History - 21st century

History

Canada

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- NORAD -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Table -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 NORAD's Origins: It's All Functional -- 2 The 9/11 Tragedy and the "New" NORAD -- 3 The Maritime Domain and NORAD's Warning Mission -- 4 The Perennial and Proverbial Arctic Conundrum -- 5 Command and Control or Else -- 6 The "New" Aerospace and Space Domains -- 7 Cyber, Land, and Where To from Here for NORAD -- Appendix 1: List of NORAD Commanders and Deputy Commanders -- Appendix 2: NORAD Agreement -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Wide-ranging changes have been made to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) since 2006, when the binational agreement was signed in perpetuity. NORAD traces the joint command's recent history - one marked by technological and structural innovations, but also by unprecedented threats and challenges.