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050 0 0 _aUG1523
_b.M58 1991
100 1 _aMitchell, Edward John,
_d1937-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aApogee, perigee, and recovery :
_bchronology of Army exploitation of space /
_cEddie Mitchell.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1991.
300 _axxvi, 157 pages :
_billustrations, photos ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aA RAND note ;
_v3103
500 _a"This study was conducted in RAND's Arroyo Center ... within the Applied Technology program"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-157).
520 _aSince the mid-1980s, a debate has gone on within the Department of Defense (DOD) on whether it is appropriate for the Army to be increasingly involved in space and, if so, how the Army should exploit space. This Note (1) describes the evolution of the Army's exploitation of space in response to an emerging post-World War II Soviet threat while complying with national policy and organizational directives; (2) informs the current Army, DOD, students, and others of the full spectrum of the Army's past and current exploitation of space; and (3) provides a chronology of policy decisions and events, from 1907 through mid-1989, which have shaped the Army's exploitation in the technological areas of ballistic missiles, satellites, early-warning radars, ground stations, anti-satellite defenses, anti-ballistic missile defenses, theater missile defenses, and tactical missiles.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
650 0 _aAstronautics, Military
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSpace weapons.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aArroyo Center.
_bApplied Technology Program.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
830 0 _aRand note ;
_v3103.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3103/
999 _c596925
_d596925