Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear Weapons, NAVTRA 10784-B
Washington, DC: United States Navy Naval Training Command, 1972. Second Revised Edition. Wraps. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.25 inches. iv, 99, [5] pages. Illustrations (figures and tables). Glossary. Index. Bibliography. Ink initials at top of page "i". Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tears and chips at spine. Slightly cocked. Contents address Introduction to guided missiles, Factors affecting missile flight, Guided missile components, Missile propulsion systems, Missile control components and systems, Principles of missile guidance, Command Guidance, Beam-rider guidance, Homing guidance, Other missile guidance systems, Guided missile ships and systems, Fundamentals of nuclear physics, Principles, safety, security, and control of nuclear weapons, and Effects of nuclear weapons (pages 334 through 374). Appendix includes Bibliography, Table of atomic weights, and Glossary. There is also an Index. Superseded the original 1959 version. and the first revision from 1966. This volumes deals with many basic principles and theories needed for understanding guided missile flight and control, and basic nuclear weapons information. Considerable information is given on the effects of nuclear weapons. This update was issued at the time the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was being reduced. Fundamentals of missile and nuclear weapons systems are presented in this book which is primarily prepared as the second text of a three-volume series for students of the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps and the Officer Candidate School. Following an introduction to guided missiles and nuclear physics, basic principles and theories are discussed with .a background of the factors affecting missile flight, airframes, missile propulsion systems, control components and systems, missile guidance, guided missile ships and systems, and nuclear weapons. In the area of missile guidance, further explanations are made of command guidance, beam -rider methods, homing systems, preset guidance, and navigational guidance systems. Effects of nuclear weapons are also described in categories of air, surface, subsurface, underwater, underground, and high-altitude bursts as well as various kinds of damages and injuries. Besides illustrations for explanation purposely a table of atomic weights and a glossary of general terms are provided in the appendices. Condition: Good / No dust jacket.
Keywords: Missile Propulsion, Guidance Systems, Beam-rider, Nuclear Physics, Weapon Effects, Nuclear Effects, Command and Control, Homing Guidance, Navigational Guidance, Radiation, Rockets, Thermal Effects, Blast, Airburst, Naval Training
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