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.
Defense against Ballistic Missiles
1992
15 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Sciences , Missile Technology , Air defense , Antimissile defense systems , Antiaircraft weapons , Guided missiles , Europe , Fighter aircraft , Defense systems , Laser weapons , Jet fighters , Strategic defense initiative , Ground based , Ballistic missile intercept systems , Battles , Artillery , Nuclear warheads , Bomber aircraft , Artillery ammunition , Bmdo collection , U3380 , Gpals(Global protection against limited strikes) , Abm(Antiballistic missiles) , Nike x missiles , Brilliant pebbles , Patriot missiles
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