PRINCIPLES OF GUIDED MISSILES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS by Bureau of Naval Personnel reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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PRINCIPLES OF GUIDED MISSILES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

by Bureau of Naval Personnel

Washington, 1959: Government Printing Office, 284 pages, $2.00

This is one of a series of volumes on Naval weapons for use in the Naval Science curriculum of NROTC universities and in other Navy training programs. The book is divided into two main parts, the first on "Guided Missiles" and the second on "Nuclear Weapons." Chapter titles for the guided missile section are: "Introduction to Guided Missiles," "Factors Affecting Missile Flight," "Guided Missile Components," "Missile Propulsion Systems," "Missile Control Systems," "Principles of Missile Guidance," "Command Guidance," "Beam-rider Guidance," "Homing Guidance," "Other Guidance Systems," and "Guided Missile Ships and Systems."


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III