Graham Spinardi

From Polaris to Trident

The Development of Us Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521054010
• ISBN-10: 052105401X
• Artikelnr.: 23363565

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. The US Fleet Ballistic Missile system: technology and nuclear war
2. Theoretical models of weapons development
3. Heterogeneous engineering and the origins of the fleet ballistic missile
4. Building Polaris
5. Success and successors
6. Poseidon
7. Strat-X, ULMS and Trident I
8. The improved accuracy programme and Trident II
9. Understanding technical change in weaponry
10. Appendix: list of interviewees
Notes
Index.