Surface-to-air missile

factor in the establishment of the Space Race. On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental missile launched Sputnik, or Traveler, into the Earth’s orbit. As a matter of fact, this satellite was the first man made object to be placed into the Earth’s Orbit. The United States of America did not think this action was pleasant. In addition, this demonstration of the overwhelming power of the R-7 missile seemingly…

Lemay” as a birthday present in October. Before reading this book, I knew nothing about Curtis Lemay. I knew nothing about the Strategic Air Command. I knew little about the war overhead. I likely would not have picked up the book had it not been given to me because the cover image of the surly man with a cigar clenched in his mouth gives off an unfriendly air. Once I read the book, my opinions changed. I now find Lemay an interesting figure. His inward motivation, which Kozak attributes to…

concept of Air Defense. Canada’s Air Defense defends against enemy aircraft, tanks, and protection of airfields. The primary system they use is called ADATS (Air Defense Anti-Tank System). “ADATS is a low-level short range air defense (SHORAD) system, capable of engaging both air and surface targets.” (Kable, 2016). The missile used has 10km range in defense of air or ground targets and is mounted on an armored vehicle called a M113 and carries a total of eight missiles. “The missile has a…

provided by Oleg Penkovsky during the Cuban missile crisis, it is of utmost important to examine the climate of the intelligence community in the United States leading up to the crisis. On September 19th, 1962, about a month before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) on “The military Buildup in Cuba” considered the possibility of the Soviet’s deployment of medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs and IRBMs) to Cuba. The…

Space History at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. This was a valuable source since Launis has an in depth knowledge of the Space Race…

there to launch ballistic missiles into the US. The US could not tolerate the existence of the first strike capability in Cuba, which would give the Soviets full superiority in case of an armed conflict. This was also critical for JFK politically given the fact that just a month later elections of the House of Representatives were to happen. Given that JFK was a democrat, hat could hit the political image of all democrats as being soft on communism by allowing missiles on Cuba. Kennedy had to…

continuously before heading back for a refuel (par. 17). Michael Lewis even goes on record saying that, “over thirty hours for the Predator B and twenty for the Predator C” (296). These drones are both models that were designed for the Untied States Air Force; later the “Predator B” has been repurposed for border patrol (Kostelnik, par. 4). Another reason drones have become so popular for United States border patrol is because they are cost effective. With drones the United States Customs and…

Whole concepts should be considered when determining the capacity and capabilities of ground forces. The Joint Concept for Access and Maneuver – Global Commons (JAM-GC), asserts a rounded approach considerate of the domains of air, land, sea, cyber, and space. It seeks to preserve the U.S. Military’s ability to project power. However, the Joint Concept for Entry Operations (JCEO) is a related concept alongside the JAM-CG under the Joint Operations Access Concept (JOAC). In the event of the…

aircraft were lost to antiaircraft artillery , surface-to-air missiles, and fighter interceptors the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and 578 UAV. As in Aircraft they lost a lot of those starting with the A-4 Skyhawk (81 lost) , F-4 Phantom (95 lost) , 72 combat being the largest amount lost. Grail Missile was one of the many aircraft weapons extensively against America Aircraft Bombing raids in North Vietnam…

Russia Russia- the world’s largest nation, almost twice the size of Canada and seventy times larger than the UK and covers one ninth of the world’s surface. The vastness of Russia’s size has proven to be problematic in several areas significant to the development of a country as a whole. In order to understand the nature of the issue, explore these aspects: physical environment/climate, military capabilities and politics/government. Physical Environment/Climate Russia’s size and…