Brilliant Pebbles Implications for the Strategic Defense Initiative

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1989

Summary:

Reviews alternatives proposed by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization for deployment of space-based kinetic energy weapons (brilliant pebbles), and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Discusses the weapons technology, development status and future plans, and potential impact on several policy concerns

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Brilliant Pebbles: Implications for the Strategic Defense Initiative

Publisher Number:

CRS-1989-SPR-0004

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