Military engineering

One of the most impressive computer systems ever was the vacuum tube based behemoth AN/FSQ-7, which was the heart of the 'Semi Automatic Ground Environment'.

This dictionary contains 739 entries with about 1400 references to the primary literature.

This dictionary contains 739 entries with about 1400 references to the primary literature.

The combustion properties of organic materials are used to assess their safety specifications.

The combustion properties of organic materials are used to assess their safety specifications.

The 4th revised edition expands on the basic chemistry of high energy materials of the precious editions and examines new research developments, including hydrodynamics and ionic liquids.

For a chemist who is concerned with the synthesis of new energetic compounds, it is essential to be able to assess physical and thermodynamic properties, as well as the sensitivity, of possible new energetic compounds before synthesis is attempted.

This book is a comprehensive introduction on infrared anti-transparent materials and their applications in anti-reflective and protective coatings.

This book is a comprehensive introduction on infrared anti-transparent materials and their applications in anti-reflective and protective coatings.

Irak, Kosovo, Tchétchénie : le rêve suscité par la fin de la guerre froide achève de se dissiper sous nos yeux.

Extrait : "C'est à l'Orient qu'est due l'invention des appareils névro-balistiques dérivés de l'arc ; l'origine de cette découverte se perd dans la nuit des âges.

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In December 1949, I, as a young man of 18, arrived in a different world - RAF Shaibah, 7 miles or so from Basra in Iraq, to do my (extended) two-year National Service.

A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO).

This ambitious work which took the better part of a decade to produce will be essential reading for all serious defence study students, and of absorbing interest to military professionals and lay people concerned with the future of warfare and all aspects of response to military attack.

Addressing its technical evolution as well as its military and social impact, this comprehensive reference shows how historic leaders such as Dionysus of Syracuse, the Ottoman sultan Mohammad II, Oliver Cromwell, and Napoleon Bonaparte were successful in battle because of their innovative use of artillery.

A record of the Naval Brigades' extraordinary exploits and achievements during eleven 'Wars of the Empire' in the 19th centuryThere is a view that, in Victorian times, whilst the Army was engaged in a series of wars, the Navy enjoyed a peaceful existence - however, this was not the case.

Whilst living in Liverpool, Britain's second most heavily bombed city during World War II, the author experienced at first-hand the terrible effects of the war on the civilian population and when studying at Cambridge he witnessed the American heavy bombers and their fighter escorts flying to attack targets in Germany and occupied Europe.

David Balme will be forever known as the 20-year-old hero who, on 9 May 1941, boarded a German U-boat in mid-Atlantic, and captured one of the greatest secrets of the Second World War.

The full story of the Half-Ton Land Rover 'Lightweight', packed with many previously unpublished facts and photographs.

The growing ubiquity of drones means that they are more readily available for both terrorists and civilians to use.

The growing ubiquity of drones means that they are more readily available for both terrorists and civilians to use.

Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them.

This is a short story spanning two years from 1956 to 1958.

This is a short story spanning two years from 1956 to 1958.

A lucid, unexpected look at how the drone imports its bloodied legacy into contemporary art and everyday life.

First comprehensive study of English artillery in the late Middle Ages, bringing out its full impact on areas beyond the military.

In Minefield six Falklands/Malvinas war veterans who once faced each other across a battlefield now face each other across a stage.

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation's wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft.

Stewart Blacker was a remarkable figure.

"e;Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress .

This remarkable guide provides for the first time an illustrated listing of almost 200 of Americas most powerful missiles.

The story of the supersonic fighter with "e;interesting insight into the period of the 1950s and early 1960s, the Cold War and of course the war in Vietnam"e; (Military Modelling).

"e;A quite enlightening book that discusses the most important group of heavy cruisers serving during WW2 and how the type evolved.

A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper.

A Vertical Empire describes the work in rocketry and space research carried out in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s.

An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War.

An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War.

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The breech-loading, single-shot .

The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century's most recognisable and longest-serving military rifles.

In an age where anthrax can be produced in a garage and multilateral agreements among nations seem ever harder to reach, the threat of biowarfare could rapidly spiral out of control.

Military Outlook touches upon the problems in the American civilization.

"e;The authors set themselves a bold purpose, to examine six technologies (two weapons, two tools, and two platforms), chart their influence on naval warfare, and provide "e;new perspectives and insights"e; into how technological innovation develops and progresses.