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Published in 1993, this colorful twelve page brochure describes the McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) rocket project, the proposed successor DC-Y rocket project, and justification for Single Stage To Orbit (SSTO) technology development. It was a produced at the height of the DC-X flight tests in 1993.
Topics: DCX, DC-X, Delta Clipper, Delta Clipper Experimental, rocket, rocketship, rocket engine, engine,...
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Narrated by Alexander Scourby and directed by Lt. Frank Peele and written by Peele and Robert Sibley, this 1978 U.S. Navy film, "Pride Runs Deep" was produced on behalf of the Chief of Naval Operations. It presents an in-depth look at the life of a submariner, from missile and torpedo exercises, to mess and recreation. It explains in great detail the difference between fast attack submarines and Polaris ballistic missile submarines. The film was formally called SITREP 13, with...
Topics: Pride, 1978, Ballistic Missile, Attack Submarines, US Navy, Groton, 1978, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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United States. Department of the Navy.
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The original agency catalog description reads: Synopsis: The story of the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine; recruitment and training of personnel; scenes of the first underwater launching of the Polaris missile. Description courtesy of the National Archives.
Topics: Ballistic missile defenses, Guided missiles, Fleet ballistic missile
Naval Postgraduate School
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Hobgood, Jean; Madison, Kimberly; Pawlowski, Geoffrey; Nedd, Steven; Roberts, Michael; Rumberg, Paige
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Recent studies suggest that China is developing a new class of ballistic missiles that can be used against moving targets, such as ships. One such technology is anticipated to cover a range of 2,000 kilometers and operate at a speed of Mach 10. The threat is also capable of maneuvering both during the midcourse and terminal flight phases for the purposes of guidance, target acquisition, and countermeasures. This threat could greatly impact the current concept of operations of U.S. Navy ships...
Topics: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles, Ballistic Missile Defense
For most of this decade, naval enthusiasts have championed the Maritime Strategy as the answer to the strategic malaise that characterized American foreign policy in the post-Vietnam era. Perceived American weakness and strategic incoherence undoubtedly contributed to the burst of Soviet adventurism beginning in Angola in 1974 and culminating most spectacularly with the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Yet the large military expenditures of the last seven years. which were intended to reverse...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *MILITARY STRATEGY, *NATO, *NAVAL OPERATIONS,...
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This episode of the U.S. Army's TV program "The Big Picture" deals with the the first satellite of the United States Explorer 1, launched as part of its participation in the International Geophysical Year. The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 and 2, beginning the Cold War Space Race between the two nations. Army General John Medaris headed the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, which oversaw both JPL and Wernher von Braun’s rocket...
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Topics: Wernher Von Braun, General John Mederis, Army ballistic missile, Space race, NASA, Jet Propulsion...
Examination of declaratory targeting by Soviet Navy strategic missiles carried aboard submarines on forward deployment and in bastions. Role of Soviet Navy in strategic nuclear reserve. Assessment of Soviet acceptance of mutual assured destruction (MAD).
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tritten, James J, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
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Aug 21, 2013
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Double sided poster showing McDonnell Douglas' proposed DC-Y follow-on rocket. Other side is a description of the Single Stage To Orbit (SSTO) rocket project, also known as the Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) project. The poster describes the technology and the justification of the project.
Topics: DCX, DC-X, Delta Clipper, Delta Clipper Experimental, rocket, rocketship, rocket engine, engine,...
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07/19
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Weinberger, Caspar W
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24 p. : 23 cm
Topics: Intercontinental ballistic missile bases -- Wyoming, F.E. Warren Air Force Base (Wyo.)
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a Nova/Frontline special report This show reviews the history of ballistic missile defenses, discusses how President Reagan came to propose the Strategic Defense Initiative, and shows some of the projects currently trying to develop the technology needed for an effective SDI. 1 videocassette (VHS) (118 min.) : 1/2 in Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary which reports on the controversy surrounding the Strategic Defense Initiative Program. Includes excerpts from Presidential news conferences,...
Topics: nova (television program), frontline (television program), ballistic missile defense, strategic...
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Military Almanac 2001 2002
Topics: military, defense, force, missile, nuclear, security, almanac, weapons, forces, cdi, national...
This document contains the agenda, attendance roster and proceedings of the BMDO Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry held at Tysons Corner, VA on 1-2 March 1994.
Topics: DTIC Archive, BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *SYMPOSIA, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
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Live, breaking and in-depth news from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.
Topics: north korea, south korea, europe, bangladesh, zimbabwe, yemen, kelly, donald trump, pope francis,...
Source: Antenna
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This company report from Aerojet General Corporation shows it in its prime as a defense and industrial contractor that also supported the U.S. space program. The Azusa plant where the company started is shown, along with the Nerva Nuclear Rocket Engine program, and various aspects of the company's production from ablative coatings to astrionics, oceanics and torpedo divisions, an anti-cavitation device known as a Hydrocket, the Ordnance Division in Downey that developed the Nike-Hercules...
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Topics: Theodore Von Karman, Aerojet, Rocket Engine, Rocket, Engine, Azusa, Intercontinental Ballistic...
This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) analyzes the potential environmental effects associated with research and development of a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system capability by the Department of Defense (DoD). The BMD Program seeks to develop systems and capabilities to protect the United States and areas of vital interest to the United States against the accidental or unauthorized launch of ballistic missiles. The BMD Program includes TMD and NMD initiatives under the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE BROOKS AFB TX, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
The Ballistic Missile Defense Program is structured to respond to existing and emerging ballistic missile threats to the United States, its forward deployed forces, allies, and friends around the world. The highest priority is Theater Missile Defense (TMD), followed by National Missile Defense (NMD), and finally investment in BMD advanced technologies.
Topics: DTIC Archive, DeCesaris, Chet, BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE...
MDA has conducted an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the potential environmental consequences of the development and test of an uncanisterized Alternate Boost Vehicle (ABV). Up to six ABV test flights over about a 5-year period are proposed at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), CA. MDA is developing the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Element of the conceptual Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The BMDS concept is to defend against threat missiles in each phase or segment of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND HUNTSVILLE AL, *BOOST PHASE, *VERIFICATION,...
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"June 1987."
Topics: Environmental impact analysis, Intercontinental ballistic missile bases, Intercontinental ballistic...
The United States Navy requires radical and innovative ways to model and design multifunction phased array radars. This thesis puts forth the concept that Genetic Algorithms, computer simulations that mirror the natural selection process to develop creative solutions to complex problems, would be extremely well suited in this application. The capability of a Genetic Algorithm to predict adequately the behavior of an array antenna with randomly located elements was verified with expected results...
Topics: Active, Air search radar, Air warfare, Antenna, Antennas, Area air defense, Bi-static radar,...
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Topics: BALLISTIC MISSILES, HYDRODYNAMICS, SEA LAUNCHING, UNDERWATER TESTS, BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES
Development of a Mach 1.5 Sand Erosion Test Apparatus is described. This rotating arm apparatus is designed to simulate the erosive environment which a turbine engine fan or compressor blade would see when operating with sand or dust ingestion. It will be used to evaluate the mechanisms of sand erosion and the relative erosion resistance of fan and compressor blade and coating materials at rotor tip speeds up to 1600 ft/sec. This report describes the design and development of the apparatus...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Pandy, Dennis R, AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIV AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND...
The United States and Russia signed the New START Treaty on April 8, 2010. New START provides the parties with seven years to reduce their forces, and will remain in force for a total of 10 years. The New START Treaty limits each side to no more than 800 deployed and nondeployed ICBM and SLBM launchers and deployed and nondeployed heavy bombers equipped to carry nuclear armaments. Within that total, each side can retain no more than 700 deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers...
Topics: DTIC Archive, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, *INTERCONTINENTAL...
Infrared (IR) sensor technology is critical to all phases of ballistic missile defenses. Traditionally, material systems such as indium antimonide (InSb), platinum silicide (PtSi), mercury cadmium telluride (MCT), and arsenic doped silicon (Si: As) have dominated IR detection. Improvement in surveillance sensors and interceptor seekers requires large size, highly uniform and multicolor (or multispectral) IR focal plane arrays involving mid-wave, long-wave and very-long-wave IR regions. Among...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tidrow, M. Z., ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD, *QUANTUM WELLS, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
Theater missile defenses (TMD) increasingly are an important national security priority. But interest in TMD is not a recent development. Throughout the 1980s, Congress urged the executive branch to pursue a vigorous program to counter the threat of Soviet short range missiles in Europe. The result was mixed, and generally not to the satisfaction of Congress. The end of the Cold War and the rise of new challenges brought new emphasis to U.S. TMD efforts. This new effort is focused on addressing...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hildreth, Steven A., LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH...
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Produced during the Cold War "Aerospace Communications" is a film that shows the dreaded scenario of a nuclear war unfolding between the United States and another nation capable of launching a nuclear strike. Hosted by actor James Stewart, who served in the U.S. Air Force as a bomber pilot, the film describes the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), Mid-Canada Line, and the Pine Line as well as the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line and the nation's new satellite-based...
Topics: Command And Control, NORAD, U.S. Ballistic Missile, Early, Midas Satellite, Sage System, James...
The affordable PAC-3 system upgrade approach is based on innovative, joint consolidation and integration of existing industry and government assets. Through the integrated use of a network of geographically dispersed simulation, hardware in the loop, and test facilities, the PAC-3 missile design and performance is being analyzed and verified prior to first missile flight. This process begins with the thorough and rigorous testing of missile components. It then continues with the use of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Reilly, Patrick, LOCKHEED MARTIN VOUGHT SYSTEMS CORP DALLAS TX, *INTEGRATED...
This briefing presents an assessment of the need for information technology interoperability standards and recommends actions that the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) can take based on that assessment. It highlights Issues in using the DoD Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) for the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications (BMC3). These issues were identified by examining selected joint BMD scenarios, the standards needed to support...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fife, Dennis W., INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA, *INTEROPERABILITY,...
This study analyzes the United States's ability to defend its troops and strategic interests from theater ballistic missile attack. Defense against these weapons requires a flexible mobile weapons system which may be deployed to any region of the world. The weapons system should be capable of assessing the engagement results and must be able to employ current joint missile defense doctrine. This study examines five theater missile defense systems currently under development capable of use and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Buckley II, James F., ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS,...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the Defense System Acquisition Review Council (DSARC) process since its inception and to assess, in a qualitative sense, the degree to which the process has proved to be effective and efficient. The study focused on both the process and the supporting procedures from the standpoint of specific programs. Study Reports contained in this volume include: ROLAND Program Study Report; Copperhead Program Study Report; SOTAS Program Study Report; AV-8B...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Acker,David D, INFORMATION SPECTRUM INC ARLINGTON VA, *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND...
The purpose of this research was to assess the applicability of geometric scaling at very small scale to study the response of buried reinforced concrete vertical shelter structures subjected to airblast loading. The approach was to build and test two 1/30-scale models and compare the responses with those from corresponding 1/6-scale tests. One of the structures tested was designed to respond elastically, and the other was designed to respond inelastically. The 1/30-scale and 1/6-scale models...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gran,James K, BALLISTIC MISSILE OFFICE NORTON AFB CA, *Scale models, *Structural...
What forces will the United States require to deter nuclear war in the post-Cold War period? A nuclear attack on this country is less likely than it has been or decades: the Soviet Union has collapsed; the chances of a major war occurring in Europe are significantly diminished; and Russia and the United States, motivated by two arms reduction treaties and several unilateral initiatives, are reducing the size and readiness of their nuclear arsenals. Nevertheless, some uncertainty about the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mosher, David, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC, *MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP LITTLETON CORP SPACE SYSTEMS CO, *BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT...
Ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) carry submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), which are large, long-range missiles armed with multiple nuclear warheads. The SSBNs' basic mission is to remain hidden at sea with their SLBMs, so as to deter a nuclear attack on the United States by another country. Navy SSBNs form one leg of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrent force, or triad, which also includes land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and land-based long-range bombers....
Topics: DTIC Archive, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
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Topics: DTIC Archive, Infosino, Charles, BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE...
For over half a century, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been funding efforts to develop a system to detect, track, and defeat enemy ballistic missiles. The current systemthe Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)includes a diverse collection of land-, sea-, and space-based assets located around the globe. Since 2002, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)the agency charged with developing an integrated the BMDShas received approximately $123 billion to develop and deploy this highly complex...
Topics: DTIC Archive, U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington United States, ballistic missiles,...
Adverse conditions at the TRIDENT Refit Facilities (TRFs) may force submarines to obtain their replenishment at a non-Navy port. Replenishment requirements (Pull Package) are required, without knowledge of what was used in the current patrol, to provide the submarine with sufficient replenishment support to complete another patrol. The first part of this study evaluates alternative methods for computing Pull Packages. These methods include generic versus hull-tailored, demand-based versus the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Klaczak, Brenda M, NAVY FLEET MATERIAL SUPPORT OFFICE MECHANICSBURG PA, *NAVAL...
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Topics: Artificial satellites in telecommunication -- United States, Military telecommunication, Ballistic...
This thesis compares the development of fleet ballistic missile systems in the United States and Soviet Union and their contribution to the achievement of national security objectives of each nation. To this end, submarine and missile technologies, elements of operational practices and support, and general strategic doctrine, are traced. A comparative assessment of weapon system effectiveness and potential in achieving stated objectives is derived from capabilities, peacetime employment, and...
Topics: United States and Soviet strategic doctrine, SSBN, SLBM, ballistic missile submarine, fleet...
Historical and technological imperatives have led both the United States and the Soviet Union to array their strategic nuclear forces in triads of air, land, and sea launched ballistic missiles. This thesis will focus on the sea-based legs of the American and Soviet triads, examining a series of confidence -building measures (CBMs) that may be considered during the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) that are underway in Geneva. Some proponents have argued that these CBMs, if implemented,...
Topics: National security, SSBN confidence-building measures (CBM), ballistic missile launching submarines,...
Six false alarms occurred at NORAD in 1978, 1979, and 1980. These false alarms subsequently regenerated interest in launch policies and the increased possibility of accidental nuclear war, which motivated this investigation. We construct a new model to address several questions: What is the sequence of events and reasonable timing between events in the missile warning system? How much time do decision makers have to respond to a threat? What effects do United States launch policies have on...
Topics: Operations analysis, accidental nuclear war, launch-on-warning, launch-under-attack, ballistic...
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the requirements and limitations of boost phase ballistic missile intercept systems that contain an interceptor and its guidance sensors (both radar and infrared). A three- dimensional computer model is developed for a multi-stage target with a boost phase acceleration profile that depends on total mass, propellant mass and the specific impulse in the gravity field. The radar cross-section and infrared radiation of the target structure is estimated...
Topics: Ballistic missile defenses, Detectors, Infrared detectors, Radar
BMDO TMP is The Vehicle for Implementing Director's Guidance for Technology: -Maintain U.S. Technical Superiority in Missile Defense -Relate BMDO Technology to MDAP needs and Operational Capabilities. -Allocate a goal of 12% of TOA, but not less than 10% for BMDO Technology Program -Maximize participation of Missile Defense Community in BMDO Technology Program.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Pierce, Bruce J., BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *GUIDED...
This paper describes the challenging task of testing the most complex, expensive, technically evolving, and politically sensitive missile system to be developed to date. The National Missile Defense (NMD) System comprises radars, interceptors, space based sensors, and battle management, command, control, and communications (BMC3) elements. While the integration of these many complex elements into a functional system is no small achievement, the performance verification of this system is an...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gore, Patricia, TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING HUNTSVILLE AL, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
In this thesis, a data fusion problem when a number of different types of sensors are deployed in the vicinity of a ballistic missile launch is studied. An objective of this thesis is to calculate a scoring function for each sensor track, and the track file with the best (optimum) track score can then be used for guiding an interceptor to the threat within the boost phase. Seven active groundbased radars, two space-based passive infrared sensors and two active light detection and ranging...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Patsikas, Dimitrios, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR JOINT SERVICES...
During January of 2003, the first of the Seahorse vehicles was loaded into a missile tube onboard a Trident Submarine and successfully launched. This launch was part of a larger experiment called Giant Shadow, which included a number of U.S. Navy and industry participants. As part of this experiment, the Seahorse conducted two missions. The first mission consisted of two components and was conducted immediately following the launch from the submerged submarine. The first component was a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV STATE COLLEGE APPLIED RESEARCH LAB, *AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION,...
The purpose of this glossary is to facilitate a common language within the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and the ballistic missile defense community. This glossary supplements other existing Department of Defense (DoD) publications. This glossary is not an official DoD publication; it is limited to terminology that relates to ballistic missile defense. A number of computer, software, and engineering terms are included, especially those applicable to BMD. In addition, numerous...
Topics: DTIC Archive, BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS,...
The Polaris Submarine Weapons System is presently employing two crews per submarine, working in shifts in order to maximize the time on station for each submarine. The cost of this personnel policy as compared to the cost of using other alternatives is of current interest. The purpose of this thesis is to present a technique for making this comparison. The actual data are not presented here, but hypothetical examples are given.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Baldwin, Edwin M, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
Britain established in 1940 the first national nuclear weapons program in the world, and this gave Britain credibility in participating in the U.S.-led Manhattan Project during World War II. Despite the interruption in U.S.-U.K. nuclear cooperation in 1946-1958 owing to the McMahon Act, since 1958 the United States and the United Kingdom have worked closely in the nuclear domain. Indeed, since the 1962 Nassau Summit, the United States has sold submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *DETERRENCE, *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,...
Strange Daze number 9
Topics: ufo, clementine, urantia, alien, nasa, moon, solar, lunar, planets, images, urantia book, solar...
History Of Strategic Air And Ballistic Missile Defense, 1956– 1972
Topics: History Of Strategic Air And Ballistic Missile Defense, 1956– 1972
