From Polaris to Trident : the development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology / Graham Spinardi...
From Polaris to Trident : the development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology / Graham Spinardi...
From Polaris to Trident : the development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology / Graham Spinardi.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Date
1994.
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N623.45197/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 --...
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Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Analytical title
Development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
This book provides a complete history of the US Fleet Ballistic Missile programme from its inception in the 1950s and the development of Polaris to the deployment of Trident II in 1990. Writing in an accessible yet scholarly manner, Graham Spinardi bases his historical documentation of FBM development on interviews with many of the key participants...
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From Polaris to Trident : the development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology / Graham Spinardi.
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Development of US Fleet ballistic missile technology.
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Cambridge studies in international relations ; 30.
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Edinburgh.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-242) and index.
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N623.45197/1
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ISBN
0521413575 (hardback)
9780521413572 (hardback)
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623.45197
MMS ID
991021755209702626
