Evaluating the military potential of a developing nation's space program : a case study of Brazi

This thesis examines how and why a developing nation may use its civilian space program to acquire ballistic missiles. Using a single case study of Brazil, this analysis looks for universal patterns in space program development and for how Third World nations use their civilian space programs for mi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, Michael Joseph
Other Authors: Tollefson, Scott D.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28177