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Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
Written with the cooperation of the Brooklands Museum and its archives, this study looks at missile and avionics systems and provides diagrams, photographs, and the tests and their effects on missile design, all while telling the story of the Vickers company. Featuring details on various projects at length, including Red Rapier, Blue Boar, Red Dean and Vigilant anti-tank missile, this guide will appeal to both professionals in international aviation...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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The weapon is codenamed "Razor"-the brainchild of the brilliant minds at Dreamland-a mobile chemical laser system with a range of 600 kilometers capable of downing anything that flies. The destruction of an American aircraft over northern Iraq suggests the inexplicable and unthinkable: a vengeful foe now possesses the lethal technology. It is fear that draws a retired warrior back to the battlefield, and sends Dreamland's best pilots to the skies...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"A volatile U.S. ally has fallen prey to the terrorist beast. India is the target of radical Islamic jihadists, and the world watches breathlessly as tensions escalate between the uneasy giant and its longtime nemesis Pakistan--with China waiting in the wings, eager to flex its military might. A nuclear showdown seems inevitable, unless the masterminds at Dreamland can get to the mysterious source of the terror and end it, swiftly and permanently....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown ( The best military adventure writer in the country Clive Cussler) joins forces once again with Jim DeFelice for another electrifying Dreamland novel, Raven Strike. In this breathtaking international thriller, Dreamland s elite Whiplash unit is called to action when an illegal CIA black ops mission goes frighteningly wrong in Africa and a powerful weapon of mass destruction falls into terrorist hands....
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Series
Dale Brown's Dreamland series) volume 14
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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When the United States Air Force is drawn into conflict in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Dreamland's Whiplash intervention team wields its latest invention -- a highly advanced unmanned aerial drone -- with tragic consequences. Now it's not only the future of Dreamland at stake -- but NATO as well. An action-packed, page-turning military adventure, Collateral Damage: A Dreamland Thriller puts New York Times bestselling writing team of Dale...
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 14
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English
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Description
General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression.
Author
Series
Dale Brown's Dreamland volume 7
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The beast isalive and prowling the high seas. As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a powerful Saudi terrorist, prey on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden, America aggressively answers with serious muscle -- a next-generation littoral warship with a full range of automated weapons systems that the enemy has dubbed "Satan's Tail." However, unforeseen technological problems combined with the suicidal tendencies of a fanatical foe mean...
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English
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In a volatile world, America's worst nightmares canbecome real-anywhere, anytime, and with no warning. But there is one potent defense: a top-secret military facility in the Nevada desert where the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed. Masters of astonishing military technology that enables them to deploy almost instantaneously to any part of the Earth, the Dreamland team must now stop a dangerous revolution in the making...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed at a top-secret military facility called Dreamland Strike Zone.
An Asian war that would have escalated into a nuclear nightmare has been halted, thanks to the raw courage, unparalleled skill, and total commitment of the Dreamland force. But an analysis of radar data has revealed the presence of an unknown super-weapon in the area: a robot warplane with terrifying...
11) The Civil War
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Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the weapons of American Civil War soldiers and different means of warfare used during that conflict.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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On the President's orders . . . one man is tasked with averting nuclear war When the U.S. develops intelligence showing that Iran is in the final stages of assembling a nuclear bomb, the President orders Breanna Stockard and the Whiplash team to destroy it before the renegade nation can destabilize the shaky Middle East. Left with no other choice, Stockard sends young Air Force ace Turk Mako behind enemy lines. His orders: pilot a squadron of high-tech...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Between June 15, 1968 and May 13, 1996, the Polaris Submarines of the Tenth Squadron carried out a total of 229 Polaris Patrols, involving the submarines steaming in excess of 2 million miles. Apart from delivering the submarines, the bases and the men to man them, the project worked well over its designed life span. It was delivered on time and on budget essentially by a small group of Naval Officers and civil servants, and makes an impressive tale...
14) Rogue forces
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Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 15
Language
English
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Description
Scion Aviation International has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq as the U.S. military begins to downsize its presence there. But when Kurdish nationalist attacks led by the Republic of Turkey and joined by the new government in Persia invade northern Iraq, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan makes the decision to take the fight to the Turks.
15) Revolution
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
The Dreamland team may have diffused the terror on the other side of the world, but now America is in danger. A surprise attack larger than anyone in this country has ever experienced is in the works and Lt. Colonel Tecumseh and his crew must dig deep to avoid catastrophe.
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Pub. Date
2000.
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English
Description
In the fast-paced, suspenseful Secret Weapons of World War II, noted military historian William Breuer chronicles the clandestine battle that occurred between the brilliant scientists and codebreakers of the Allies and the Axis powers. Re-creating the covert missions, hoaxes, spying, conspiracies, and electronic sleuthing, Breuer deftly uncovers the spectacular feats of the fascinating men and women who determined the outcome of the war-providing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A look at potential future developments in warfare, including advancements in robot technology, as well as satellite-guided bombs and other technologies that are currently considered state-of-the-art"--Provided by publisher.
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