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Wraps. Condizione: Good. 32, wraps, Illustrations (many in color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. "Telling the stories of the Washington region" and providing a world of experience, The Washington Post MAGAZINE informs, entertains and provides new perspectives and approaches to better living on a weekly basis. Numbers are crunched, neighborhoods are highlighted and people are introduced. Standing columns provide continuity from week to week as feature articles add the elements of discovery, expanded horizons and critical thinking. Readers engage in both solitary and shared experiences. Scholastic journalists can be inspired to create photo essays, to interview individuals for the short Just Asking or for longer articles, or to research their neighborhoods for a Street Smart-inspired snapshot. The tech savvy could create a column about apps that would appeal to their school community. With some planning two to four special issues could be planned where the columns, feature articles and advertising revolve around a theme. At the heart of the Magazine are a collection of the people in the D.C. metropolitan area and human-interest stories. This issue has articles on the national missile defense system, five Washington DC area artists, and Jack Kilby and the tiny silicon chip. Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged non-nuclear tactical and theater missiles. The United States, Russia, China, India, Israel, and France have all developed such air defense systems. In the United States, missile defense was originally the responsibility of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has developed maritime systems and command and control that will eventually be transferred to the Navy and Air Force for operation and sustainment. In the 1950s and 1960s, the term meant defense against strategic (usually nuclear-armed) missiles. The technology mostly centered around detecting offensive launch events and tracking inbound ballistic missiles, but with limited ability to actually defend against the missile. The Soviet Union achieved the first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile at the Sary Shagan antiballistic missile defense test range on 4 March 1961. In the early 1980s, technology had matured to consider space based missile defense options. Precision hit-to-kill systems more reliable than the early Nike Zeus were thought possible. With these improvements, the Reagan Administration promoted the Strategic Defense Initiative, an ambitious plan to provide a comprehensive defense against an all-out ICBM attack. Reagan established the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), which was later changed to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). In 2002, BMDO's name was changed to its current title, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). See National Missile Defense for additional details. In the early 1990s, missile defense expanded to include tactical missile defense, as seen in the first Gulf War. Although not designed from the outset to intercept tactical missiles, upgrades gave the Patriot system a limited missile defense capability. The effectiveness of the Patriot system in disabling or destroying incoming Scuds was the subject of Congressional hearings and reports in 1992. In the late 1990s, and early 2000s, the issue of defense against cruise missiles became more prominent with the new Bush Administration. In 2002, President George W. Bush withdrew the US from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, allowing further development and testing of ABMs under the Missile Defense Agency, and allowing for deployment of interceptor vehicles beyond the single site allowed under the treaty. Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 - June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer. Paul Shambroom (Cover Photograph, and other images (illustratore).…

Wraps. Condizione: Good. 32, wraps, Illustrations (many in color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. "Telling the stories of the Washington region" and providing a world of experience, The Washington Post MAGAZINE informs, entertains and provides new perspectives and approaches to better living on a weekly basis. Numbers are crunched, neighborhoods are highlighted and people are introduced. Standing columns provide continuity from week to week as feature articles add the elements of discovery, expanded horizons and critical thinking. Readers engage in both solitary and shared experiences. Scholastic journalists can be inspired to create photo essays, to interview individuals for the short Just Asking or for longer articles, or to research their neighborhoods for a Street Smart-inspired snapshot. The tech savvy could create a column about apps that would appeal to their school community. With some planning two to four special issues could be planned where the columns, feature articles and advertising revolve around a theme. At the heart of the Magazine are a collection of the people in the D.C. metropolitan area and human-interest stories. This issue has articles on the B-52, Elizabeth Dole, Reincarnation, and Pollution. The article on the B-52 addressed its airworthiness in stormy weather, and there were several crashes in which the tail snapped off. The article focuses a lot on the flight of Buzz One Four. One of the crew members died in the crash. Others ejected and had tough experiences surviving the crash and the inclement weather. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Presumed first edition/first printing thus.…