Air defense concepts and effectiveness.
airdefenseconcep00jone.pdf (5.055Mb)Abstract
This thesis is intended to become a portion of the textbook
to be utilized in the course entitled "Warheads and
lethality" (AE-3705) . The text will include an unclassified
discussion of the development of anti-aircraft weapon
systems intended for defense against hostile manned aircraft
and guided missiles. In particular, this thesis discusses
the basic concepts, some history, the terminology, and the
damage producing aspects of the generic air defense system.