TY  - BOOK
AU  - RICHELSON Jeffrey T
TI  - America's space sentinels: DSP satellites and national security
SN  - 0700609423 (hbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Lawrence, Kan. USA
PB  - Univ. Press of Kansas
KW  - EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
KW  - SATELLITE RECONNAISSANCE
KW  - SPACE SURVEILLANCE
N2  - 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
ER  -