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Laser Weapon Systems (LaWS) MIDN 3/C Sangrones, Joshua Jacksonville University Laser Weapon System In today’s standards, missiles and rockets are common when it comes to nations’ military warships. However, coinciding with the development of more advanced weapon systems, there are also advances in their counter measures. Such defense systems include the United States Navy’s Laser Weapon Systems (LaWS). Its creation allowed a more cost efficient and more effective way of countering enemy…

ship nuclear missiles to them when the US started placing missiles in Turkey and Italy. Cuba requested the missiles because the Bay of Pigs incident, which was an American invasion in Cuba. Cuba was worried that there would be another attack. By May 1962, Cuba and the Soviet Union had agreed to secretly build missile installations and transport missiles to Cuba. The Americans figured out the missile plot because they sent U2 spy planes to fly over Cuba and they spotted the missiles. The planes…

First, Korea must further develop their nuclear technologies to pose any real threat to the world. North Korea almost certainly has nuclear devices and missiles, yet, their arsenal remains inconsistent and incompetent compared to the United States military and its nuclear firepower. Currently, countless sanctions have limited North Korea’s nuclear potential – aiming to stagnate the nation’s technological…

at the 38th parallel and containing the North Koreans from spreading communism into south Korea. Finally the Cuban MIssile crisis gave the Soviets an upper hand it taking down the U.S, but the U.S. was not allowing the Soviet to gain an upper hand. In an attempt to take down the soviets the U.S. had set up a 1,100 miles wide quarantine zone to prevent the Soviet from sending missiles into Cuba. The American didn 't want to engage war onto the soviet, but instead prevented them from spread…

The HAWK surface to air missile system was deployed in the same time frame as the T141 “Duster,” which assisted in covering the low altitude engagements that the HAWK was less capable of performing. These systems were focused mainly along the European theater to counter the formidable…

the Soviet Union ought to be “patient but vigilant” (Doc A) in containing communism. In fact, there are three good instances which help clarify what containment actually was. The three examples are, the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.…

Representatives and in the United States Senate. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. has goals for America by becoming president of the United States he was able to express his ideas about putting a man on the moon, ways to make America great. and by solving the Missile Crisis at the time. He made america great by not only expressing but executing his ideas. Later on May 25, 1961 President John F Kennedy made public his objective to safely land the first man on the moon. During that time many political…

One major event that occurred during Kennedy’s presidency was the Bay of Pigs Invasion. This was the attempted invasion of Cuba. Eisenhower started to plan this, but he left Kennedy to make the final decision. This invasion was being considered so that the Cuban dictator, Castro, would be overthrown, and so that the Communist influence wouldn’t spread to that region. This invasion ended up being a failure because of the support for Castro in Cuba. While Kennedy expected many Cuban revolters,…

North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, large standing military, and history of oppression make them the greatest future threat to the United States. North Korea’s (NK) nuclear missile capabilities pose a serious threat to U.S. citizens worldwide. NK has leadership willing to employ these weapons. Their large standing military is capable of fighting a conventional war with the U.S. and its allies. North Korea’s history of oppression under Japanese colonial rule has made them suspicious, volatile…

Soviet Union’s Sphere of Influence In order for the Soviet Union to expand their sphere of influence to become a superpower in the 20th century they gave money, weapons, and physically occupied countries. Since they wanted territory, they gave Cuba missiles so they could fight the United States, and supported them economically. They invaded Afghanistan because they wanted oil, materials, location, and trade ports. Finally, they wanted the Eastern Bloc as a buffer and wanted their materials. To…