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This book explores conventional prompt global strike and long-range ballistic mission options. Prompt global strike (PGS) would allow the United States to strike targets anywhere on earth with conven …

This book is a collection of contributions by renowned scientists in the optical fiber technology field, covering a wide range of recent progress pertaining to various topics such as special optical …

Department of Defense (DOD) development work on high-energy military lasers, which has been underway for decades, has reached the point where lasers capable of countering certain surface and air targ …

Space exploration is an immense and expanding field. The quest for knowledge about space has resulted in hundreds of very important technologies which have been incorporated into society’s fabric inc …

Holography, invented in 1947 by the Hungarian physicist Dennis Gabor, is a two-step imaging technique that comprises the successful combination of interferences and diffraction. This book provides cu …

Historically, the commercial space launch industry focused primarily on putting payloads, such as satellites, into orbit, using launch vehicles that did not return to earth. Such launches have droppe …

This comprehensive resource explains the development of UAVs, drone threats, counter-UAV systems, and strategies to handle UAVs, focusing on the practical aspects of counter-unmanned aerial vehicle ( …

The processing of signals or data is one of the cores of the information chain from production to application. More and more signals should be processed digitally in the big data era. Rapid and massi …

This new and insightful book promotes a better understanding of how each person, and God, fit into a vast universe composed of billions of galaxies. The book explains that the universe follows very c …

This book presents current research in the field of space science. Topics discussed include research on the aerodynamics of large bolides; solar dynamics and solar-terrestrial influences; the geology …