Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / Peter Westwick.
Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / Peter Westwick.
Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / Peter Westwick.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/2222
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Roots of the Revolution -- Tomorrowland -- Breeding Invisible Rabbits -- Lockheed: Tin Shed in a Hurricane -- Northrop: Seeing the Waves -- Showdown at RATSCAT -- Have Blue and the F-117A -- Secrets and Strategies -- The Whale -- Facets versus Curves: The Contest for the B-2 -- Building the B-2 -- F...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, the ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparentl...
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Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / Peter Westwick.
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Secret contest to invent invisible aircraft
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-235) and index.
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G 2020/2222
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74VKaPVb7e5O
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ISBN
0190677449 hardcover
9780190677442 hardcover
DDC
623.746
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991024312517202626
