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Author | : Robert L. Perry |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Aerial reconnaissance |
ISBN | : 9781937219031 |
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The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon imagery satellite systems in the 1960's to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from East European and Asian communist countries. The programs were declassified in September of 2011, after which redacted documents and histories were released to the public, including the two contained in this volume. --Summarized from Preface.
Author | : Dwayne Day |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 1999-08-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1560987731 |
Download Eye in the Sky Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presenting the full story of the CORONA spy satellites' origins, Eye in the Sky explores the Cold War technology and far-reaching effects of the satellites on foreign policy and national security. Arguing that satellite reconnaissance was key to shaping the course of the Cold War, the book documents breakthroughs in intelligence gathering and achievements in space technology that rival the landing on the moon.
Author | : Peter Swan |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2015-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1329164784 |
Download Birth of Air Force Satellite Reconnaissance: Facts, Recollections and Reflections Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This history of SAFSP is dedicated to all those men and women who fought the Cold War, in silence - from above. No organization is better at gathering overhead intelligence than the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Today's NRO grew out of 3 organizations: AF, CIA, and Navy. The AF office for satellite reconnaissance was called the Secretary of Air Force's Office of Special Projects [SAFSP]. This monograph describes the birth of Air Force satellite reconnaissance. When SAFSP was created in response to Presidential recognition of a national imperative, 4 tenets captured the sense of urgency: direct access to national leadership, covert management/operations, highest national priority, and rapid procurement. In addition, 3 management principles led to SAFSP's success over 30+ years of providing reconnaissance intelligence: strong dedication to mission, empowerment at all levels, and reporting by exception.
Author | : Bruce Berkowitz |
Publisher | : National Reconnaissance Office |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert L. Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Artificial satellites, American |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Outzen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Artificial satellites, American |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Paul Kupperberg |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2002-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780823938544 |
Download Spy Satellites Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines the history, technology, and uses of spy satellites, looking especially at the various reconnaissance satellite programs of the United States, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
Author | : Robert L. Perry |
Publisher | : Military Bookshop |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2012-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781780398891 |
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The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon imagery satellite systems in the 1960's to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from East European and Asian communist countries. The programs were declassified in September of 2011, after which redacted documents and histories were released to the public, including the two contained in this volume. --Summarized from Preface.
Author | : Robert M. Dienesch |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2016-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0803286775 |
Download Eyeing the Red Storm Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world’s first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Because of technical issues and bureaucratic resistance, however, WS-117L was seriously behind schedule by the time Sputnik orbited Earth in 1957 and was eventually cancelled. The air force began concentrating instead on new programs that eventually launched the first successful U.S. spy satellites. Eyeing the Red Storm examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo reconnaissance satellite to fly) but rather from that of the WS-117L. Robert M. Dienesch’s revised assessment places WS-117L within the larger context of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency, focusing on the dynamic between military and civilian leadership. Dienesch demonstrates how WS-117L promised Eisenhower not merely military intelligence but also the capacity to manage national security against the Soviet threat. As a fiscal conservative, Eisenhower believed a strong economy was the key to surviving the Cold War and saw satellite reconnaissance as a means to understand the Soviet military challenge more clearly and thus keep American defense spending under control. Although WS-117L never flew, it provided the foundation for all subsequent satellites, breaking theoretical barriers and helping to overcome major technical hurdles, which ensured the success of America’s first working reconnaissance satellites and their photographic missions during the Cold War. Purchase the audio edition.
Author | : Thomas Graham |
Publisher | : Donald R. Ellegood Internation |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-07-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780295997216 |
Download Spy Satellites and Other Intelligence Technologies That Changed History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein. This book focuses instead on the central role that intelligence-collection systems play in promoting arms control and disarmament. Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith Hansen bring more than fifty combined years of experience to this discussion of the capabilities of technical systems, which are primarily based in space. Their history of the rapid advancement of surveillance technology is a window into a dramatic reconceptualization of Cold War strategies and policy planning. Graham and Hansen focus on the intelligence successes against Soviet strategic nuclear forces and the quality of the intelligence that has made possible accurate assessments of WMD programs in North Korea, Iran, and Libya. Their important insights shed a much-needed light on the process of verifying how the world harnesses the proliferation of nuclear arms and the continual drive for advancements in technology.