Expendable Missiles vs. Reusable Platform Costs and Historical Data

• मुख्य लेखक: Hamilton, Thomas (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2012
• विषय: Military engineering; Technology
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report uses an analysis of historical use of air-to-ground attacks during and since the Vietnam war to assess the economic wisdom of relying primarily on expendable weapons, such as cruise missiles. Such exclusive reliance only makes economic sense if all possible conflicts over the system life...