Airpower and Technology : Smart and Unmanned Weapons

by Mets, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780275993146
• ISBN10: 0275993140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

In a chronological treatment, emphasizing theory and doctrine, technology, tactics, and strategy. Mets also details both combat experience and intellectual processes, lethal and non-lethal, involved in the preparation of airpower. In addition to the narrative discussion, the work offers sidebars and feature sections that facilitate the understanding of key weapons systems and operational challenges. It also offers A Dozen-Book Sampler for Your Reading on Air and Space Theory and Doctrine. The work concludes with a brief look at information warfare and with some speculations about the future. Through this thorough consideration of the evolution of American airpower and technology, Mets provides, not only a map of the past, but a guide to future generations of airpower and its potential for keeping the United States strong and safe.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Airpower Thinking and Technology before Hiroshima	p. 9
The Foundations of American Airpower	p. 23
The Battle of Britain/America Prepares	p. 39
American Airpower in World War II: Genesis of Precision-guided Weapons	p. 51
The Coming of the Balance of Terror: Heyday of the SAC Bombers	p. 75
Vietnam and the Coming of the Smart Weapon Age	p. 91
Reaction to Vietnam: Air and Space Theory and Doctrine, Technology, and Organization	p. 105
Reorganization for the Era of Smart Weapons and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles	p. 113
Intelligence, Technology, and Information Warfare	p. 139
The Second Gulf War: Air and Space Combat at the Dawn of a New Century	p. 149
The Future of Air and Space War: Speculations	p. 165
Notes	p. 195
Index	p. 231
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