America's space sentinels: DSP satellites and national security

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern war studiesPublication details: Lawrence, Kan. USA: Univ. Press of Kansas, 1999Description: 329pISBN:
  • 0700609423 (hbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: Detailed history of the development and applications of the U.S. satellite based early warning system. The system was originally intended to warn of ballistic missile launches by the USSR (and thus act as a deterrent to nuclear war), but has subsequently been used for many other purposes.
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Detailed history of the development and applications of the U.S. satellite based early warning system. The system was originally intended to warn of ballistic missile launches by the USSR (and thus act as a deterrent to nuclear war), but has subsequently been used for many other purposes.

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