Strategic Nuclear Weapons (Operations Manual)
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.36 (615 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1785211390 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-12-24 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He lives in East Sussex.. Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology and is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers
He has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology and is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and forthcoming Hubble Space Telescope Manual. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He lives in East Sussex.. About the AuthorDr
Nuclear weapons do exist, and they cannot be wished away, and because of that, an entirely fact-based and balanced account is helpful to those who seek to understand this emotively sensitive subject delivered as a seminal reference.This book incorporates a balance of cutaway diagrams, images of hardware and test equipment, facilities and delivery systems, and traces the evolution of nuclear weapons over the past 70 years, with the emphasis on strategic nuclear delivery systems today.. Much misinformation has been published by those who support, as well as those who are against, the continued deployment of nuclear weapons as instruments of deterrence. This book provides an apolitical description of strategic nuclear weapons, how they a