Screen LibrarySidewinder : creative missile development at China Lake /
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U.S. Naval Institute,
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| Publisher Address: | Annapolis, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781591149811 1591149819 |
| Index Number: | UG1312 |
| CLC: | TJ76 |
| Call Number: | TJ76/W538 |
| Contents: |
The weapon nobody asked for -- The gadgeteer -- The problem takes shape -- The wrong laboratory -- Struggles with infrared -- The weapons shop -- Systems engineering -- The painted bird -- Crunch time -- To the fleet -- Selling the Air Force -- High-altitude testing -- The creative dialogue -- Early generations -- Later generations -- In combat -- Building people at China Lake -- Building ideas at China Lake -- The past and future laboratory. |