You know this was one of those things I knew (heck, I even teach it), but seeing a visual representation of how the Eisenhower administration built up US nuclear forces provides for quite the eye-popping visual. We changed the US military really quickly in the 1950s.
Posted by armand at August 19, 2007 02:47 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Military AffairsI wonder how long it would take to build several thousand of these:
The ABL will be the first combat aircraft relying entirely upon a directed energy device as a weapon. It is designed to use directed energy to destroy a ballistic missile target shortly after it is launched, in its “boost phase” of flight. When operational, the ABL will be an integral part of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Posted by: Morris at August 25, 2007 11:23 AM | PERMALINK