Air Defense Concepts and Effectiveness.

Abstract

This thesis is intended to become a portion of the textbook to be utilized in the course entitled: Warheads and Lethality (AE-3705). The text will include an unclassified discussion of the development of anti-aircraft weapon systems intended for defense against hostile manned aircraft and guided missiles. In particular, this thesis discusses the basic concepts, some history, the terminology, and the damage producing aspects of the generic air defense system. Keywords: Fuze, Missile guidance, Ordnance, and Weapon systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA154079

Entities

People

  • Jason Jones

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Guided Missiles
  • High Explosives
  • Navigation
  • Radar
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering