Countdown to Space War (Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security) - Softcover

Jasani, Bhupendra; Lee, Christopher; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

 
9780367533069: Countdown to Space War (Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security)

Synopsis

Only two years after Sputnik, weapons were created for attacking spacecraft. These were based on land. But now there is talk of weapons in space-instant-kill beams like lasers. President Reagan has offered a vision of new inventions that could stop nuclear missile attacks. But will they work? Can lasers make nuclear weapons obsolete? Or would they merely be used to wage Stars Wars?

Originally published in 1984, this is mainly the story of the military use of space. It shows how the new technology could trigger nuclear world war. And it looks for a way out...

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ISBN 10:  0850662613 ISBN 13:  9780850662610
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1984
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