The topic of my lecture is defense against ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads. I would like to start by discussing for a short time the air defense problem and how it was solved during the Second World War. Ground based defenses against aircraft using anti-aircraft artillery turned out not to be very effective. Fighter aircraft, on the other hand, that could shoot down long-range bombers sent over enemy territory caused casualty rates among-attacking aircraft that were unacceptably high. It is, of course, for this reason that the RAF Fighter Command won the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the Luftwaffe prevented a really massive bombing campaign against continental Europe by the Allies until the Allies were able to provide long-range fighter escorts for their bombers. Air defense, therefore, depended on having fighter aircraft that could deal with escorting fighters and could shoot down bombers.


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    Defense against ballistic missiles

    MARK, HANS | AIAA | 1992




    The Challenge of Defending Against Ballistic Missiles

    Martin, J. D. / AIAA | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    Long-range ballistic missiles

    Burgess, Eric | GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 1962