Britain and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1942-2002

Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Stocker is Director of Studies at the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS), a British independent defence think tank. He served in the Royal Navy for twenty years, specialising in air defense, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Dr. Stocker is the author of Britain and Ballistic Missile Defense 1942-2002 and is a regular contributor to academic and professional journals on both sides of the Atlantic. Zusammenfassung Defence against ballistic missiles has been a subject of UK political policy and technical investigation since World War II - this book analyses that long history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Wartime V-2 Experience 3. The Emerging Soviet Threat 4. Early Efforts at Active Defence 5. Ballistic Missile Early Warning 6. American ABM Deployment 7. Soviet ABM Deployment 8. Britain and the Strategic Defense Initiative 9. After the Cold War 10. Britain and US National Missile Defense 11. Conclusions and Prospects

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Stocker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2017
• EAN: 9780714685748
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8574-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Strategy and History; Strategy and History
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration