Some Advances in U.S. Space Defense Systems

Abstract

This article, by way of a simple summary, introduces certain aspects of the U.S. Star Wars program which have undergone developments recently as well as experimentation planned in the future. In 1984, the U.S. Defense Department set up a Strategic Defense authority in order to carry out the Star Wars Program and put vigorous effort into the development of directed energy weapon, kinetic energy weapons, as well as research on a set of technologies such as early warning, aiming, tracking, and target recognition. This article, on the basis of openly published U.S. sources, takes a comprehensive look at the status of several areas of development in U.S. space defense systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246038

Entities

People

  • Rongrui Wang

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Composite Materials
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Focal Planes
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Orbits
  • Production
  • Space Defense
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space