Beam Weapons: Roots of Reagan's 'Star Wars'
Beam Weapons describes the roots of Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' quest for a strategic defense system to intercept and destroy nuclear ballistic missiles before they could reach their targets. The goal was to develop radically new beam weapons that destroyed nuclear missiles with directed energy - laser beams or charged particles. The daring program was born at a time of intense technological optimism, when NASA talked of weekly space shuttle flights...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1511587717
ISBN13:9781511587716
Release Date:August 2015
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent and very informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The book in general was very informative. It provided me with a large amount of information that I was previosly unaware of reguarding beam weapons. By the end of the book I share the authors conclusion that beam weapons will be the next arms race. This was very well written.
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