Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III - Couverture souple

Coumatos, Michael J.; Scott, William B.; Birnes, William J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765359006 ISBN 13 : 9780765359001

Editeur : Forge, 2008

Synopsis

Michael Coumatos, former US Space Command director of wargaming and National Security Agency counterterrorism advisor under Condoleezza Rice, and William Scott, Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology and a former US Air Force flight test engineer, join forces to depict how the first hours of World War III could play out in the year 2010.Deep inside the top secret facility that houses America's Strategic Command in Omaha, America's military commanders are playing a nuclear war game. But they don't know that the war has already begun - in space. Financed by Iran, a rogue Russian scientist destroys military surveillance and communications satellites with a powerful electromagnetic beam weapon. Soon the United States will be completely blind, and the Iranians will launch a nuclear-tipped Shahab 4 missile into the under- belly of Europe.It's a race against time. Chock-full of the actual technologies and strategies the US will have to use to protect it's near-space assets, "Space Wars" describes a near-future nuclear threat that puts us all in the terrorist's nuclear sights. In a quieter time, "Space Wars" would be an exciting work of fiction. But the United States is at war, and the most frightening thing about "Space Wars" is that it's all too real.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Michael J. Coumatos, former US Space Command Director in charge of war games and a former National Security Agency advisor, and William B. Scott, editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology and a nine-year Air Force veteran, collaborate with William J. Birnes, host of the History Channel s UFO Hunters, to imagine how the first six hours of World War III might play out. The authors take the reader deep inside the top secret facility that houses America s Strategic Command in Omaha, where US military commanders are playing a nuclear war game. They don t know that the war they are gaming has already begun in space. Financed by Iran, a rogue Russian scientist destroys military surveillance and communications satellites with an intense particle beam. Soon the United States will be completely blind, allowing the Iranians to launch a nuclear-tipped Sahab 4 missile into the soft underbelly of Europe. It s a race against time. Chock full of the actual technologies and strategies the United States will have to use to protect their near-space assets, Space Wars describes a near-future nuclear threat that puts us all in the terrorists nuclear sights. In a more quiet time, Space Wars would be an exciting work of fiction. But the United States is at war, and the most frightening thing about Space Wars is that it s all too real.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765359006
• ISBN 13: 9780765359001
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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