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Development of U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon Systems

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2003
The history of the development of U.S. Air Force intercontinental ballistic missiles is briefly discussed. Emphasis is placed on the technical challenges and the achievements made by the intercontinental ballistic missileteam over the past 56 years.
Tony C. Lin
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An investigation on LQR based optimal terminal states control for exo-atmospheric flight of super heavy hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missiles using Gauss pseudospectral method

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Using 3-DOF model for the launch vehicle, the governing dynamic differential equations for the flight of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in a rotating Earth model has been employed to form the optimal control problem (OCP). Based on the Gauss pseudospectral method (GPM) for the OCP, the state and control variables are discretized using the ...
Ahmad Mamandi
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Operational Improvements to the U.S. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Enable This Leg of the Strategic Triad to Assume the Role of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

1992
Abstract : The submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) force has long been considered the most survivable and enduring of this nation's nuclear triad-- manned bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and SLBMS. Historically the SLBM leg has depended upon the ICBM to provide the promptness and destructive capability essential to this ...
C. C. Whitehead
exaly   +3 more sources

The Decision to Modernize U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

Science, 1989
The issues surrounding the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization decision are addressed. Consideration is given to both Rail Garrison MX and the mobile Midgetman system. The central thesis of this article is that the flexibility and survivability of the mobile Midgetman makes this system the preferred choice for the future.
John M Deutch
exaly   +2 more sources

The Atlas and the Air Force: Reassessing the Beginnings of America's First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Technology and Culture, 2013
In March 1954, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) decided to move ahead with the development of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), a central weapon of the cold war. The advent of thermonuclear weapons with their vastly enhanced firepower and small size caused experts and policymakers in the United States military to proceed with the development of ...
Christopher Gainor
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The United States Air Force and the emergence of the intercontinental ballistic missile, 1945 - 1954

2011
In March 1954, the United States Air Force decided to give a high priority to developing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). This missile, when armed with nuclear warheads, became the central and defining weapon of the Cold War. Following the political controversy in the United States that resulted from the Soviet Union’s launch in 1957 of ...
Christopher Gainor
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SAC (Strategic Air Command) Needs a Few Good Men and Women' - A Guide to ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) Operations Duty

1988
Abstract : This handbook provides information on the Missile Operations career fields for prospective ICBM launch officers. The handbook contains information on why prospective missileers might want to enter the career field, what missile duty is, career progression, follow-on assignments, initial entry requirements, training, and evaluations.
Raymond E. Ebbs
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Echoes That Never Were: American Mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, 1956-1983 [PDF]

, 2006
This dissertation discusses a gap within American technology history in the form of ICBMs.
Pomeroy, Steven
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