Unlimited horizons : Design and development of the U-2
Peter W. Merlin
Bok Engelsk 2015
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Utgitt | Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration , 2015
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Omfang | viii, 293 pages : illustrations
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Opplysninger | "NASA/SP-2014-620." Boken ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side.. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Over the span of more than six decades, the U-2 evolved from a relatively basic, high-altitude camera platform for performing clandestine reconnaissance missions into a complex, multisensor platform that has been adapted for a multitude of civil and military roles. Variants in more than a dozen configurations have been used for intelligence gathering, strategic and tactical reconnaissance, communications relay, battle-damage assessment, treaty monitoring and verification, disaster relief, environmental and Earth resources studies, and a wide variety of scientific research. Born of a Cold War necessity to maintain the balance of power between East and West, the U-2 now serves equally well as a high-altitude tool for tracking terrorists in the mountains of Afghanistan or for tracking the migration of destructive spruce bark beetles through the forests of Alaska. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ISBN | 1626830258. - 9781626830257
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