Space weapons

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201Ammunition / Missile defense / Space warfare / Space weapons / Intercontinental ballistic missile / Guidance system / Global Positioning System / Missile / National missile defense / Technology / Space technology / Military science

11. Force Application Area Description For the most part, the space aspects of Force Application are currently limited to ballistic missiles, which fly through space on sub-orbital trajectories, and to operational use of

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 11:30:04
202Nuclear weapons of the United States / Atlas / Intercontinental ballistic missile / Rocket / Titan / Redstone / Project Vanguard / Saturn / Vanguard / Spaceflight / Space technology / Aerospace engineering

Chapter 1 SPACE HISTORY Few events in our history have been more significant than the dawn of the space age. This chapter will discuss early space pioneers, the space race, the manned space programs, the formation of NA

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 11:30:01
203Technology / Space policy / Military-industrial complex / Militarisation of space / Space warfare / Strategic Defense Initiative / Space law / Nuclear weapon / Space exploration / Space technology / Spaceflight / Space weapons

6 Warfare in Space Some moral philosophers argue that space exploration was “born in sin,” and that the original “rocket scientists” had blood on their hands or were accessories in conspiracy to commit mass murde

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 11:30:26
204Military / United States Air Force / Thomas S. Moorman /  Jr. / United States Space Command / Joseph W. Ashy / Space Command / Space / Space warfare / United States / Militarisation of space / Military personnel

DOES THE UNITED STATES NEED SPACE-BASED WEAPONS?

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 10:32:09
205Science and technology in the United States / LGM-30 Minuteman / Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle / Intercontinental ballistic missile / LGM-118 Peacekeeper / LGM-25C Titan II / HGM-25A Titan I / Ballistic missile / Missile launch control center / Nuclear weapons of the United States / United States Air Force / Spaceflight

Chapter 18 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Maj Jane Gibson, USAF; and MAJ Kenneth G. Kemmerly, USA This chapter covers American nuclear ballistic missile systems: the land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (

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206Military science / Military technology / Electromagnetic radiation / Bombs / Electromagnetic compatibility / Electromagnetic pulse / Anti-satellite weapon / Effects of nuclear explosions / Transient / Technology / Nuclear weapons / Energy weapons

Chapter 22 SPACE SYSTEMS SURVIVABILITY "You know, if we really wanted to hurt you, we would set off an atomic weapon at high altitude above your country and produce an EMP that would destroy your entire electrical power

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207Ballistic missiles / The Pentagon / United States Air Force / United States Department of Defense / Prompt Global Strike / Aerial warfare / United States Navy / War / Rocketry / Missile defense / Space technology / Space weapons

PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKES THROUGH SPACE: WHAT MILITARY VALUE?

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 10:17:37
208Energy weapons / Avionics / Geodesy / Navigation / Anti-satellite weapon / Electromagnetic pulse / Global Positioning System / Communications satellite / High-altitude nuclear explosion / Technology / Space technology / Satellites

Chapter 21 Space System Threats Maj Brian Garino, USAF, and Maj Jane Gibson, USAF Most US military operations are touched in one way or another by space—we are more dependent on space than any other nation.1 This depe

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209Missile Defense Agency / Nuclear warfare / War / Nuclear weapons / Nuclear strategies / National missile defense / Vladimir Putin / US missile defense complex in Poland / Anti-ballistic missile / Missile defense / Space technology / Military science

I Know Why The Caged Bear Screams By Mark Stout Note: this article originally appeared in the 12 November 2009 edition of Air University‟s The Wright Stuff. About sixty days have passed since the administration decided

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 10:30:54
210Space policy / Space weapons / Outer Space Treaty / Global Positioning System / Militarisation of space / Space and Missile Systems Center / Spaceflight / Technology / Space technology

AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO NATIONAL SECURITY WITHOUT COMMERCIAL SPACE APPLICATIONS? by

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-04 10:17:41
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