John E Bronson

The Cold War Defense of the United States

Strategy, Weapon Systems and Operations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

During the Cold War, as part of its defense strategy against the Soviet Union, the U.S. was forced to establish means of massive long-range attack in response to Soviet advancements in weaponry. These defenses detected and tracked manned bomber aircraft, hostile submarines and missiles launched from the other side of the world. This book shows how these defenses evolved from fledgling stop-gap measures into a complex fabric of interconnected combinations of high-tech equipment over 40 years. Maps illustrate the extent of the geographic coverage required for these warning and response systems and charts display the time frames and vast numbers of both people and equipment that made up these forces.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677200
• ISBN-10: 1476677204
• Artikelnr.: 54619099

Autorenporträt

Retired engineer John E Bronson lives in Keizer, Oregon.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction 1.
Politics and Motivations Changes on the World Scene and U.S. Actions
5 delete
deleteDetection and Response Forces
12 2.
Defending Against Attack by Airplanes Defending the U.S. from Long-Range Attack
21 delete
deleteThe First Radar Networks: Lashup and Permanent
22 delete
deleteInitial Fighter Aircraft Area Defenses
25 delete
Deploying Ground-Based Point Defenses
42 delete
deleteThe Pine Tree Line Radars
56 delete
delete The DEW Line of Radars
59 delete
deleteCentralizing the Control of Radars, Fighters and Missiles
63 3.
Defense Against Submarines Finding Submarines at the End of World War II
88 delete
deleteNaval Fleet to Find Submarines
133 delete
deleteKeeping Up with the Soviets' Improving Submarines
146 delete
deleteImproved Naval Fleet to Find Submarines
161 4.
The U.S. Establishes Strategic Deterrence History of Aerial Bombardment in U.S. Forces
165 delete
deleteBuilding SAC's Global Bombardment Force
179 delete
deleteThe First Long-Range Missiles: Thor, Jupiter and Atlas
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deleteEstablishing Submarine Bases: Polaris, Poseidon and Trident
210 delete
delete The Minutmen: Improved Continental Range Missiles
213 5.
Sky Watching Collecting the Information at a Single Site called NORAD
223 delete
deleteBallistic Missile Early Warning System
227 delete
deleteAnti-Missile Missiles: Nike Zeus or X
228 delete
delete Deploying an ABM: Sentinel and Safeguard
231 delete
deleteTracking Space Objects
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deleteHow NORAD Is Watching
237 6.
Results and Conclusions A Tremendous Amount of Building
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deleteMany People Did Military Service in These Defenses
244 delete
deleteThe Fall of the Soviet Communist Threat
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deleteWhere Does That Leave Us?
247 Glossary Historic Sites Chapter Notes Bibliography Index