Weapons of choice [[electronic resource] ] : the development of precision guided munitions / / Paul G. Gillespie

• Autore: Gillespie Paul G. <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 358.1/718
• Soggetto topico: Precision guided munitions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 be
• Titolo autorizzato: Weapons of choice
• ISBN: 0-8173-8189-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454790403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II