Near Miss: The Army Air Forces' Guided Bomb Program In World War Ii
by Donald J. Hanle /
2007 / English / DjVu
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The U.S. military's use of smart bombs and guided missiles has
become commonplace in modern warfare. The ability to destroy a
single floor of one building in a densely populated metropolitan
area, while minimizing civilian casualties stands in stark contrast
to the massive bombings that took place during World War II.
However, it was from that war that the technology of today's
precision munitions programs was first developed.
The U.S. military's use of smart bombs and guided missiles has
become commonplace in modern warfare. The ability to destroy a
single floor of one building in a densely populated metropolitan
area, while minimizing civilian casualties stands in stark contrast
to the massive bombings that took place during World War II.
However, it was from that war that the technology of today's
precision munitions programs was first developed.Near Miss: The Army Air Forces' Guided Bomb Program in World War
II
Near Miss: The Army Air Forces' Guided Bomb Program in World War
II is a story that has remained untold for over 60
years―indeed, it might be the last major subject of the air war
during WWII to remain unexplored in unclassified accounts. Author
Donald Hanle outlines the research, development, and combat
employment of these early, first generation guided bombs in the
first major history of the Army Air Force's guided munitions
program in the Second World War.
is a story that has remained untold for over 60
years―indeed, it might be the last major subject of the air war
during WWII to remain unexplored in unclassified accounts. Author
Donald Hanle outlines the research, development, and combat
employment of these early, first generation guided bombs in the
first major history of the Army Air Force's guided munitions
program in the Second World War.
While guided missile histories have occasionally mentioned
Operation Aphrodite or the JB-2 jet bomb,
While guided missile histories have occasionally mentioned
Operation Aphrodite or the JB-2 jet bomb,Near Miss
Near Miss is the
only single volume work that focuses on every major guided bomb
designed by or for the AAF during the war. It examines not only the
weapons systems, but it also explains why these systems succeeded
or failed as combat weapons, as well as why the guided munitions
program suddenly ground to a halt after WWII ended. Including never
before published combat photos of guided bombs in-flight and
hitting their targets, no airpower enthusiast's or WWII air war
historian's bookshelf will be complete without
is the
only single volume work that focuses on every major guided bomb
designed by or for the AAF during the war. It examines not only the
weapons systems, but it also explains why these systems succeeded
or failed as combat weapons, as well as why the guided munitions
program suddenly ground to a halt after WWII ended. Including never
before published combat photos of guided bombs in-flight and
hitting their targets, no airpower enthusiast's or WWII air war
historian's bookshelf will be complete withoutNear Miss
Near Miss.
.