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In the closing months of World War II, guided missile technology blossomed as a technological breakthrough for the delivery of offensive weapons. Late in the war, Germany introduced its V-1 and V-2 missile systems, and the Soviet ballistic missile program late in the decade heightened the need for a U.S. intermediate-range missile program. During this period, the Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation, famous for its F4U Corsair aircraft among others, began work on a new guided missile program with the U.S. Navy--giving birth to the Regulus missile. Regulus: America's First Nuclear Submarine Missile provides a detailed report on Chance Vought's Regulus I and II guided missiles, the program that paved the way in the fields of inertial navigation, missile guidance and impact accuracy. The book covers examples of the day-to-day operations as well as the yearly milestones for the program as it reached operational status, and covers naval deployment on aircraft carriers, to heavy cruisers and finally to the five submarines that patrolled the North Pacific. Detailed appendices include detailed discussions of the missile's guidance systems, nuclear warheads, flight operations and production summaries. Regulus was an important step in the evolution of America's missile defense program, and this book is a fitting tribute to the history of this complex system, and the people who made it happen.

About the Author :
David K. Stumpf graduated from the University of Madison with a Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry in 1980. David and his wife, Susan, moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he pursued a career as a staff scientist with a variety of departments. David was a docent historian at the Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona, from 1987 to 1995, and served on the Board of Directors of the Pima Air and Space Museum for five years. David's latest book, published in 2002, is a comprehensive history of the Titan II ICBM program, titled Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program. David retired from the University of Arizona in 2002 and is now operations manager for a small Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in southern Arizona, Diamond Mountain.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781618585165
  • Publisher: Turner
  • Publisher Imprint: Turner
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Forgotten Weapon
  • ISBN-10: 1618585169
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1997
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 192


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