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 challeng...

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Main Authors: Barton, David K. (Author), Falcone, Roger (Author), Kleppner, Daniel (Contributor), Lamb, Frederick K. (Author), Lau, Ming K. (Author), Lynch, Harvey L. (Author), Moncton, David E. (Author), Montague, David (Author), Mosher, David E. (Author), Priedhorsky, William (Author), Tigner, Maury (Author), Vaughan, David R. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-07-24T15:58:52Z.
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