TY - BOOK AU - PRZEMIENIECKI J S (ed.) ED - United States. Air Forces Institute of Technology TI - critical technologies for national defense SN - 1563470098 (hbk.) PY - 1991/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - AIAA KW - AMERICAN DEFENCE TECHNOLOGIES N2 - Twenty key critical technologies to America's defense.Target your R&D efforts. Composite materials, sensitive radars, superconductivity...the DoD has identified the 20 most critical technologies that will be the key to improving America's defense capabilities into the 21st century.Each of the 20 critical technologies is examined in-depth, including physical and engineering principles. A full description of the technology in its current state of the art and its projected impact on future weapon systems are provided ER -