The missile defense equation : factors for decision making /
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| Author / Creator: | Mantle, Peter J. |
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| Imprint: | Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004. |
| Description: | xvii, 450 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5148665 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Making Decisions
- Difficulty in Making Decisions
- Performance, Cost, Schedule, and Risk
- Chapter 2. Missile Threat
- Historical Background
- Definition of Ballistic Missile and Cruise Missile
- Dawn of the Missile Age
- Missile Development in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
- Casualties of War
- Comment on Strategic and Tactical Categorization
- Growth in Ballistic Missile Range
- Growth in Ballistic Missile Payload
- Improvement in Missile Accuracy
- Cruise-Missile Weight and Speed Trends
- Mach Number and Speed
- Speed of Ballistic Missiles
- Capsule Comparison of Ballistic and Cruise Missiles
- Threat Distances
- Cautionary Note on Threat Distances
- Chapter 3. Deciding on the Defense
- Role of Advancing Technology
- Military Priorities and Civilian Priorities
- Makeup of Missile Defense Systems
- Aim of the Defense
- Question of the Correct Measure of Defense
- Chapter 4. Performance
- Defense in Depth
- Layered Defense
- Defense Segments for Missile Defense
- Performance Requirements
- Defended Footprint
- Some Other Constraints Limiting Size of Defended Footprint Areas
- System Performance Improvement with Component Changes
- Probability of Survival in Defended Footprint Area
- Boost-Phase and Ascent-Phase Intercept
- BM/C[superscript 3] and Early Warning
- BM/C[superscript 3] System for Missile Defense and Terrorist Defense
- Discrimination
- Special Topics of Interest
- Exercises
- Chapter 5. Cost
- Cost Related to Budgets
- Life-Cycle Cost
- Component Costs
- Illustrative Defense System Costs
- Operating and Support System Costs
- Architecture Costs
- Cost Sensitivity Analyses
- Exercises
- Chapter 6. Schedule
- Brief Overview of Acquisition Policy
- So When Does the Schedule Begin?
- How Long Is the Schedule?
- Assessment of Some of Today's Missile Programs
- Some Accelerated International Missile Defense Programs
- Schedule to Bring a Defense System into Being
- Acquisition Policy in NATO
- Acquisition Schedules in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
- Exercises
- Chapter 7. Risk
- Risk-Measurement Models
- Alternative Approach to Risk Measurement
- Suggested Risk Categories
- RDT&E Budget Accounts
- Exercises
- Chapter 8. Evaluation
- Formulate the Right Question Before Running the Computer
- Approach
- Top-Level Considerations
- Mathematical Treatment
- Political and National Interests
- Impact on National Defense
- Less-Precise Decision Making
- Alternative Means of Display
- Summary
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Some Ballistic Missiles Used by Different Nations
- Appendix B. Some Cruise Missiles Used by Different Nations
