Bibliograph

The 300, the inside story of the missile defenders guarding America against nuclear attack, Daniel Wasserbly

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The 300, the inside story of the missile defenders guarding America against nuclear attack, Daniel Wasserbly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The 300

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1112275646

Responsibility statement

Daniel Wasserbly

Sub title

the inside story of the missile defenders guarding America against nuclear attack

Summary

"For the first time ever, a groundbreaking account of the individuals who operate America's super-advanced missile defense system. Since the dawn of the rocket age, nations have been powerless to defend themselves against incoming attacks. For decades, not even the mighty fortress of the NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, buried deep under a granite shield inside Cheyenne Mountain, could stop enemy missiles from raining down on American cities. In September 2004, that changed. For the first time, a space-aged unit of missile defense wizards, the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, was established as an operating unit at Fort Greely in Alaska and Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Armed with advanced interceptor weapons, this unique outfit took on the most difficult feat in the long history of weapons engineering: to destroy an inflight ballistic missile. Under the leadership of missile crew directors like Richard Michalski, a lieutenant colonel with the Colorado National Guard, the small brigade-just 300 soldiers-is tasked with defending 300 million Americans. They stand watch in desolate missile fields in the farthest reaches of Alaska. In Colorado, their engineering brain trust struggles to perfect the highly advanced and at times unreliable missile technology of the Missile Defense Agency. With unprecedented access, years of research, and dozens of exclusive interviews, author Dan Wasserbly has peeled back the layers of secrecy. For the first time, The 300 tells the true story of this secretive yet essential unit of homeland defenders."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The 300 -- Weekend Warriors -- Island of Misfit Toys -- The Old Fort -- Going Live -- Origin story -- Fail -- Anomaly -- Icefog -- Taepodong-2 -- Glancing Blow -- Bad Vibrations -- The Culling -- Management by Blowtorch and Pliers -- Useful Failures -- Yeoman's Work -- Flight Test Ground-06B -- Pyongyang A Go Go -- ICBM-range -- 24/7/365

Target audience

adult

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Three hundredInside story of the missile defenders guarding America against nuclear attack

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