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Mastering the Ultimate High Groundby Benjamin S. Lambeth
RAND Corporation 1999; US$ 9.95Assesses the military space challenges facing the Air Force and the nation in light of the findings and recommendations of the Space Commission. The author reviews the Air Force's involvement in space since its creation as an independent service in 1947; examines the circumstances that occasioned the commission's creation and the conceptual and organizational roadblocks that have impeded a more rapid growth of U.S. military space capability; and enumerates the challenges facing the Air Force with respect to space. more...
Space Weapons, Earth Warsby Robert Preston; Dana J. Johnson; Sean J.A. Edwards; Jennifer Gross; Michael Miller
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95An exploration of the possibility, utility, legalities and limitations of the military use of space, specifically the use in space of weapons or defences for terrestrial conflict. The authors define and classify these weapons, describe their attributes, and explain how they might be used. more...
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forcesby Patrick Mills; Amatzia Feinberg
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This briefing assesses the utility of the Reliability, Avalilability and Maintainability of Pods (RAMPOD) database as an analytical tool in support of the electronic countermeasure (ECM) system, which is a component of the support system for the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF). more...
Neither Starwars nor Sanctuaryby Michael E. O'Hanlon
Brookings Institution Press 2004; US$ 19.95Space has been militarized for over four decades. Should it now be weaponized? This incisive and insightful book argues that it should not. Since the cold war, space has come to harbor many tools of the tactical warfighter. Satellites have long been used to provide strategic communication, early warning of missile launch, and arms control verification. The U.S. armed forces increasingly use space assets to locate and strike targets on the battlefield. To date, though, no country deploys destructive weapons in space, for use against space or Earth targets, and no country possesses ground-based weapons designed explicitly to damage objects in space. The line between nonweaponization and weaponization is blurry, to be sure?but it has not yet been... more...
Columbiaby Philip Chien
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 27.50Covers the US space program, providing an insight into the crew members who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. This book reviews in detail their training, their scientific work and other activities during their successful 16-day flight, the background of the accident itself and a detailed account of what happened that day in February 2003. more...
Space Warfare and Defense: A Historical Encyclopedia and Research Guideby Bert Chapman
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 95.00This timely resource provides a history of the development of space weapons and warfare strategies and a comprehensive reference guide to the growing literature on the subject. more...
Military Space Power: A Guide to the Issuesby James Fergusson; Wilson W.S. Wong
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 35.00This handbook examines the militarization of space, providing a fair and balanced discussion of the emerging issues concerning space security and defense. more...
Militarization of Spaceby Ann E Robertson; Samuel Black
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 54.00Militarization of Space provides a history of space exploration and militarization, analyzing past and current laws governing space and addressing future expected developments in the field. Case studies in this new volume include the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, China, and some of the emerging players, including Japan, North Korea, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Iran. An index, bibliography, and tables and graphs round out this insightful and timely resource. more...
Space and Securityby Peter L. Hays
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 55.00Two-and-a-half years before Russia launched the first Sputnik satellites in 1957, the United States had already established a secret policy that emphasized peaceful applications of space technology and set the precedent of using satellite overflight for reconnaissance collection. Almost all of the organization and management structures that were created in the 1950s continue to affect U.S. national security space policy today. more...
Remote Sensing from Air and Spaceby R.C. Olsen
SPIE 2006; US$ 69.70This book will guide you in the use of remote sensing for military and intelligence gathering applications. It is a must read for students working on systems acquisition or for anyone interested in the products derived from remote sensing systems. R. C. Olsen of the Naval Postgraduate School offers an eclectic description of the technologies and underlying physics for a wide range of remote sensing systems, including optical, thermal, radar, and lidar systems. This monograph describes this diverse set of applications using full-color graphics and a friendly, readable format. Softcover version of PM162. more...
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