America's space sentinels : DSP satellites and national security / Jeffrey T. Richelson.
America's space sentinels : DSP satellites and national security / Jeffrey T. Richelson.
America's space sentinels : DSP satellites and national security / Jeffrey T. Richelson.
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1999.
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N355.3432/20
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English
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xix, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Bad News Travels Fast -- 2. MIDAS -- 3. Vindication -- 4. Nurrungar and Buckley -- 5. DSP's First Decade -- 6. Surviving World War III -- 7. Slow Walkers, Fast Walkers, and Joggers -- 8. Evolutionary Developments and Suicidal Lasers -- 9. Australia, Germany, and New Mexico -- 10. Desert Storm --...
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1999.
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Kansas
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c1999.
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During much of the Cold War, America's first line of defense was in outer space: a network of secret satellites that could provide instant warning of an enemy missile launch. The presence of these infrared sensors orbiting 22,000 miles above the earth discouraged a Soviet first strike and stabilized international relations between the superpowers,...
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America's space sentinels : DSP satellites and national security / Jeffrey T. Richelson.
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Modern war studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-307) and index.
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c1999.
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0700609423(pbk.) :
9780700609420 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0700609423 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780700610969 :
0700610960 :
9780700609420(pbk.) :
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355.3432
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991012368699702626
