Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues
This issue of RMP has, as a special supplement, the report of an APS study group on the physics and engineering issues that must be addressed in designing a missile defense system capable of intercepting a hostile missile while it is still burning, the so-called “boost phase.” The challenges for boo...
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| author | Barton, David K. Falcone, Roger Kleppner, Daniel Lamb, Frederick K. Lau, Ming K. Lynch, Harvey L. Moncton, David E. Montague, David Mosher, David E. Priedhorsky, William Tigner, Maury Vaughan, David R. |
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| description | This issue of RMP has, as a special supplement, the report of an APS study group on the physics and engineering issues that must be addressed in designing a missile defense system capable of intercepting a hostile missile while it is still burning, the so-called “boost phase.” The challenges for boost-phase intercept are significant, chiefly because of the short time window during which detection, decision, launch, and interception must occur. Some aspects of the problem have not previously been analyzed in such depth in the public domain. This study was made on the basis of unclassified information and so is presented here in its entirety. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/717812022-10-01T21:39:26Z Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues Barton, David K. Falcone, Roger Kleppner, Daniel Lamb, Frederick K. Lau, Ming K. Lynch, Harvey L. Moncton, David E. Montague, David Mosher, David E. Priedhorsky, William Tigner, Maury Vaughan, David R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Kleppner, Daniel Kleppner, Daniel This issue of RMP has, as a special supplement, the report of an APS study group on the physics and engineering issues that must be addressed in designing a missile defense system capable of intercepting a hostile missile while it is still burning, the so-called “boost phase.” The challenges for boost-phase intercept are significant, chiefly because of the short time window during which detection, decision, launch, and interception must occur. Some aspects of the problem have not previously been analyzed in such depth in the public domain. This study was made on the basis of unclassified information and so is presented here in its entirety. 2012-07-24T15:58:52Z 2012-07-24T15:58:52Z 2004-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0034-6861 1539-0756 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71781 Barton, David K. et al. “Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues.” Reviews of Modern Physics 76.3 (2004): S1–S424. © 2004 The American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-9020 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.76.S1 Review of Modern Physics Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Barton, David K. Falcone, Roger Kleppner, Daniel Lamb, Frederick K. Lau, Ming K. Lynch, Harvey L. Moncton, David E. Montague, David Mosher, David E. Priedhorsky, William Tigner, Maury Vaughan, David R. Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title | Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title_full | Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title_fullStr | Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title_short | Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issues |
| title_sort | report of the american physical society study group on boost phase intercept systems for national missile defense scientific and technical issues |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71781 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-9020 |
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