02550nam 22005414a 450 991045479040332120200520144314.00-8173-8189-9(CKB)1000000000794317(EBL)454548(OCoLC)647817453(SSID)ssj0000269626(PQKBManifestationID)11193639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269626(PQKBWorkID)10248528(PQKB)10261260(MiAaPQ)EBC454548(MdBmJHUP)muse9370(Au-PeEL)EBL454548(CaPaEBR)ebr10309822(EXLCZ)99100000000079431720060224d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWeapons of choice[electronic resource] the development of precision guided munitions /Paul G. GillespieTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1532-2 0-8173-5353-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Roots of Precision Guidance; 3. Air Power in the Aftermath of World War II; 4. Making Pinpoint Accuracy a Reality; 5. Vietnam: Precision Guided Munitions Come of Age; 6. The Aftermath of Vietnam: Gulf War and Peacekeeping; 7. Policy Implications; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHistory 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 1920's. While World War II was dominated by large-scale strategic bombing-essentially throwing out tons of free-falling munitions in the hope they hit something important-both sides in the war worked to develop airborne munitions that could be steered toward a target. However after that war, U.S. national security policy focused on the atomic bomb, hardly a weapon that needed to bePrecision guided munitionsElectronic books.Precision guided munitions.358.1/718Gillespie Paul G.1962-1038199MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454790403321Weapons of choice2459633UNINA