ELECTRONIC WARFARE — From the Battle of Tsushima to the Falklands and Lebanon Conflicts
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780713715019 |
| ISBN-10 | 0713715014 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special Features | • Dust jacket |
| Condition | VG |
| Author(s) | Mario de Arcangelis |
| Publisher | Blandford Press |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Published date | 1985 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 14 x 22 x 3 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • ESSAIS - OUVRAGES THÉMATIQUES • GUERRES - BATAILLES |
Description
The “invisible war” began with this century and has increasingly continued, in deep secrecy, between all the world’s powers. Electronic warfare has claimed many lives and frequently increased the dangers of a cataclysmic final conflict.
This book traces its history from 1905, when the Tsarist navy was destroyed by the Japanese. During World War One, telecommunications were an important battlefield tool and a vital weapon in interception and jamming procedures, but it was the arrival of radar in World War Two that saw the first major advances.
From 1945 onwards, activity in all fields of electronic warfare spread like wildfire. In the Korean and Vietnamese wars, the Arab/Israeli conflicts, the Cuban missile crisis, the invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, the Falklands Conflict, and the Iran/Iraq war, the value of electronic warfare in measure, countermeasure, and even counter-countermeasure was demonstrated repeatedly.
By now, these developments matched the fantasies of science fiction, with the superpowers extending their reach into space. Satellites form vital links in surveillance and data relay systems across the world, and “satellite killers” are being actively developed.
The author also presents a complete and absorbing panorama of research in and use of infra-red rays, the laser, satellites, radiation weapons, and much more. Yet, paradoxically, this race to destruction has resulted in many peaceful applications and devices.