Warhead

Author : Jeff Henigson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525647904

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Warhead by Jeff Henigson Pdf

An often hilarious and always relevant memoir about one teen boy's battle with brain cancer and his Starlight Children's Foundation wish: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia and plead for nuclear disarmament and world peace. It's 1986, and Jeff is an average fifteen-year-old: he thinks a lot about dating, he bounces around with his friends, and he's trying his hardest to get a car. Conversely, the world around him feels crazy: the United States and the Soviet Union are at glaring odds, with their leaders in a standoff, and that awful word, "nuclear," is on everyone's mind. Then, boom--Jeff learns that he has brain cancer and it's likely terminal. Well, that puts a damper on his summer plans and romantic prospects, doesn't it? Jeff's family rallies around him, but they are fiercely complicated--especially Jeff's father, a man who can't say "I love you" even during the worst of Jeff's treatment. So when the Starlight Children's Foundation offers to grant Jeff a wish, he makes one certain to earn his father's respect: he asks to travel to Moscow and meet with Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss nuclear disarmament and ending the Cold War. Nothing like achieving world peace to impress a distant father, right? Jeff has always been one to aim high. Jeff's story is dark, but it's also funny, romantic, and surprising. As his life swings from incredibly ordinary to absolutely incredible, he grapples with the big questions of mortality, war, love, hope, and miracles. "A sweet but unsentimental account of a truly fascinating nuclear childhood. Henigson had me at 'Gorbachev.'" --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Little Failure and Lake Success "It's a tale well-told--always gripping, often heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting." --Booklist

Author : Don Neal
Publisher : First Edition Design Pub.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781506908014

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Warhead by Don Neal Pdf

Retired Army Major Ben Hunnicutt, living in Eagle River, Alaska, encounters an old Army friend who now commands the Nike Hercules guided missile units which defend Anchorage and the nearby military bases from surprise attack by Soviet long range bombers. The Cold War is at its height and the lower 48 states are in turmoil from rioting, dissident groups committing acts of domestic terrorism, and a general rejection of the war in Viet Nam. The Nike commander enlists the aid of Ben and his FBI Agent girlfriend, Liz Nichole, in investigating a rumored plot by a fringe Weathermen group to hijack a Nike missile nuclear warhead. They threaten to cause widespread radioactive contamination of the Anchorage bowl unless granted certain military and political concessions by the government. The hijacking succeeds, and Ben must locate the hidden warhead and prevent the planned incident which would spread radioactive material throughout the area. He tracks the group to its hiding place in an abandoned mine near Palmer, but gets careless and is captured. Ben takes advantage of a freak accident to escape and recover the nuclear weapon, but must then find a way to counter the group's Plan B, which is to detonate an on-site missile by long range rifle fire. Ben takes to the mountains with an ancient, but trusted, Sharps single-shot rifle to engage a shooter armed with a modern long-range target rifle equipped with a high-powered telescopic sight.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000598113

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Warhead by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Warhead A warhead is the section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Warhead Chapter 2: Explosive Chapter 3: Nuclear weapon Chapter 4: Shaped charge Chapter 5: Neutron bomb Chapter 6: Bomb Chapter 7: Nuclear bunker buster Chapter 8: Tsar Bomba Chapter 9: Nuclear weapon design Chapter 10: Effects of nuclear explosions (II) Answering the public top questions about warhead. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Warhead.

Author : Jonathan Medalia
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437938319

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Reliable Replacement Warhead Program by Jonathan Medalia Pdf

Most current U.S. nuclear warheads were built in the 1970s and 1980s and are being retained longer than was planned. Yet they deteriorate and must be maintained. To correct problems, a Life Extension Program (LEP) replaces components. Modifying some components would require a nuclear test, but the U.S. has observed a test moratorium since 1992. The NNSA and the DoE, would develop the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). Contents of this report (1) Need to Maintain Nuclear Warheads for the Long Term; The Solution So Far: Is LEP Satisfactory for the Long Term?; RRW and the Transformation of Nuclear Warheads; (2) RRW Program Developments; (3) Congressional Action; (4) Chronology, 2007-. A print on demand report.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Ballistic missiles
ISBN : LOC:00186248466

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Diplomatic and Strategic Impact of Multiple Warhead Missiles by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments Pdf

Reviews the state of MIRV technology and its impact on national defense and strategic planning.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045312373

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Diplomatic and Strategic Impact of Multiple Warhead Missiles by United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Jonathan E. Medalia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Deterrence (Strategy)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070745315

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Small Single-warhead Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles by Jonathan E. Medalia Pdf

Author : U.S. Army
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1981-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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TM 9-1336-489-12&P WARHEAD SECTION GUIDED MISSILE HIGH EXPLOSIVE M251 AND M251A1 (LANCE) by U.S. Army Pdf

I scanned the original manual at 600 dpi.

Author : Nicholas Zarimpas
Publisher : Sipri Monograph
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0199252424

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Transparency in Nuclear Warheads and Materials by Nicholas Zarimpas Pdf

These studies address the technical means and procedures for establishing transparency in nuclear warheads and materials in the nuclear weapons states.

Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Guided missiles
ISBN : UIUC:30112008345602

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Guided Missiles by United States. Department of the Air Force Pdf

Author : Oleg Bukharin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nuclear disarmament
ISBN : NWU:35556038706750

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U.S. - Russian Warhead Dismantlement Transparency by Oleg Bukharin Pdf

Author : Andy Remic
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748133703

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Warhead by Andy Remic Pdf

It is the future. The earth has been devastated by a nuclear holocaust and humanity is trapped under the iron fist of a new world government. But the promises of salvation are lies and a fate even more terrible awaits mankind. The secret organisation known as SPIRAL, the last line of defence against global chaos, has been forced underground. They are powerless, it seems, against the might of the military and their propaganda. And now, it appears that SPIRAL has been betrayed by one of its own. Only Carter, their toughest agent, might prevent SPIRAL's most guarded secret falling into the hands of the enemy. But not even Carter has faced an enemy who is prepared to destroy the entire planet to get what he wants.

Author : International Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nuclear weapons
ISBN : UCSD:31822018783522

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Toward a Comprehensive Nuclear Warhead Test Ban by International Foundation (Washington, D.C.) Pdf

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Nuclear weapons
ISBN : UCAL:C3114184

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Accountability and Control of Warheads in the Custody of the Department of Defense and the Energy Research and Development Administration by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Brandon Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1607068400

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Complete Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham Pdf

"Collects Multiple warheads: Down Fall & Multiple warheads #1-4"--Indicia.