Airpower and technology : smart and unmanned weapons / David R. Mets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mets, David R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes, Military--Armament.

Airplanes, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its earliest days, airpower has been one of the dominant forces used by the American military. This work covers the whole history of American aviation with special attention to the development of smart weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles and the influence they have had on the effectiveness of airpower. In a chronological treatment, emphasizing theory and doctrine, technology, tactics, and strategy. Mets details both combat experience and intellectual processes, lethal and non-lethal, involved in the preparation of airpower.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Airpower Thinking and Technology before Hiroshima; 3. The Foundations of American Airpower; 4. The Battle of Britain/America Prepares; 5. American Airpower in World War II: Genesis of Precision-guided Weapons; 6. The Coming of the Balance of Terror: Heyday of the SAC Bombers; 7. Vietnam and the Coming of the Smart Weapon Age; 8. Reaction to Vietnam: Air and Space Theory and Doctrine, Technology, and Organization; 9. Reorganization for the Era of Smart Weapons and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; 10. Intelligence, Technology, and Information Warfare

11. The Second Gulf War: Air and Space Combat at the Dawn of a New Century 12. The Future of Air and Space War: Speculations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400608872

9786612416033

9781282416031

1282416030

9780313087387

0313087385

OCLC:

428525583

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400608872