U.S. naval weapons

every gun, missile, mine, and torpedo used by the U.S. Navy from 1883 to the present day

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U.S. naval weapons

every gun, missile, mine, and torpedo used by the U.S. Navy from 1883 to the present day

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Language
English
Pages
287

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 281-282.
Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Gun design and development 1883-1983 -- Fire control -- Gun mounts and turrets -- Torpedo defense -- Submarine guns and weapons for light craft -- Projectiles -- Heavy antiaircraft guns -- Medium antiaircraft guns -- Light antiaircraft guns -- Antiaircraft Fire control -- The VT fuze -- Fighters in fleet defense -- Fighter weapons -- Antisubmarine strategy and tactics -- Mines -- Torpedoes -- Antisubmarine projectiles -- Sonar systems -- Wartime and early postwar missile programs -- The ‘3-T’ program and its successors -- Point defense -- Surface-to-air missile launchers -- Shipboard guns -- Fighters in fleet air defense -- Air-to-air weapons -- Future air defense systems -- Bomb delivery -- Bombs -- Rockets -- Air-to-surface guided missiles -- Tactical standoff missiles -- Long-range Air-to-surface missiles -- Antiradar missiles -- Harpoon -- Pre-1945 projects -- Strategic missiles -- Tactical missiles -- Antiship missiles -- Bombardment rockets.

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Annapolis, Md
Other Titles
United States naval weapons., US naval weapons.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
359.8/2/0973
Library of Congress
VF347 .F73 1982

The Physical Object

Pagination
287 p. :
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3509612M
Internet Archive
usnavalweaponsev0000frie_r9u7
ISBN 10
0870217356
LCCN
82061473
Library Thing
1745168
Goodreads
2910268

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