The Last Thirty Seconds: A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-To-Kill Technology

by David K. Stumpf

In March 1983, as the world's superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was tasked with the development and coordination of missile technologies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682262553
• ISBN13: 9781682262559
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.1"