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Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake
Ron Westrum
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Description for Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake
Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers on a remote base in the Mojave Desert developed a weapon no one had asked for but everyone in the weapons industry desired. This is the story of how that unorthodox team, led by visionary Bill McLean, overcame U.S. Navy bureaucracy and other more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile. Author Ron Westrum examines that special time and place--when the old American work ethic and "can do" spirit were a vital part of U.S. weapons development--to discover how this dedicated team was able to ... Read more
In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers on a remote base in the Mojave Desert developed a weapon no one had asked for but everyone in the weapons industry desired. This is the story of how that unorthodox team, led by visionary Bill McLean, overcame U.S. Navy bureaucracy and other more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile. Author Ron Westrum examines that special time and place--when the old American work ethic and "can do" spirit were a vital part of U.S. weapons development--to discover how this dedicated team was able to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591149811
SKU
V9781591149811
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99-20
About Ron Westrum
Ron Westrum is a professor of sociology and interdisciplinary technology at Eastern Michigan University, USA. He holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago and is also the author of Technologies & Society as well as numerous articles on science, technology and society. He lives in Ann Arbor, MI.
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