When Eugene Ely took off from a makeshift flight deck in November 1910, he became the first person in history to fly an airplane off a ship. Two months later he set another first when he landed on another makeshift deck.
Ely came of age during a breathtaking surge in the evolution of transportation technology. The modern bicycle was invented ...
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West. In wartime such information was classified and after a brief period of glasnost the Russian state has again restricted access to historical archives. Therefore, the value – and originality – of this work is difficult to ...
Seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West. In wartime such information was classified and after a brief period of glasnost (“openness”) the Russian state has again restricted access to historical archives. Therefore, the value – and originality – of this work is ...
In Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum author Thomas Wildenberg provides the first detailed review of the systems and methodology of combat and intelligence-gathering operations along the electromagnetic spectrum. Communications interception and interference are additional aspects of this frequently misunderstood form of highly specialized technical warfare.
Wildenberg cuts through the secrecy about the understandably mysterious domain of electronic warfare. He offers ...