Shooting Down a Star: Program 437, the Us Nuclear Asat System and Present-Day Copycat Killers - Brossura

Chun, Clayton K. S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1249327202 ISBN 13: 9781249327202

Casa editrice: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2012

Riassunto

Colonel Chun undertakes a case study of an experimental US antisatellite defense fielded by the Air Force in the 1960s as a departure for assessing the need for an ASAT system today. The author argues that the US Air Force was able to develop a relatively effective system based on rudimentary technology. Using aging booster rockets (the Thor ICBM) and existing tracking and targeting radar systems, the Air Force was able to intercept satellites. Colonel Chun argues that extrapolating from this historical example several states, particularly North Korea, Iran, India, and the Peoples Republic of China, could use widely available improved missiles and radar systems to develop ASAT weapons that would make critical US and allied space systems (military and commercial) vulnerable to attack, thus seriously undermining our offensive and defensive capabilities and perhaps wreak havoc on our economic system.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1249327202
• ISBN 13: 9781249327202
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 100
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile