Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Phillip E. Pace, Murali Tummala. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. / Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 10, 2004). "June 2004." Electronic book. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (M.S. in Program Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): David F. Matthews, John F. Phillips. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-81). Also available online.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis examines the decision to assign the Ballistic Missile Defense mission to units of the Colorado and Alaska National Guard. The history of the Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules, Sentinel and Safeguard programs are examined to identify the origins of support for this decision. First-hand sources provide evidence that the National Guard performance in the Nike air defense program is a record of parity and some superiority to equivalent active Army units. Previously documented records of Nike unit inspections and evaluations are included. Perhaps for the first time, the results of a declassified U.S. Army study accepting National Guard participation in the Sentinel/Safeguard missions is reported. Pressures, competing interests and election politics within the context of the American governmental institutions provide insights into the difficult path followed to reach President George W. Bush's 2004 operational declaration, and the uncertainties lying ahead for the Missile-Age Minutemen. The international relations area includes an over-view of the sources of the missile threat to the United States, its friends and allies. With the demise of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, this thesis gauges the impacts on diplomacy, and shifting priorities and resources within the U.S. Defense structure. The author concludes with personal observations and recommendations. / Major, Colorado Army National Guard

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 1997-98. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 28, 2003). "September 1999." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis [M.H. Miklaski]-(M.S. in Systems Technology) and (M.S. in Software Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. Thesis [J.D. Babbitt]-(M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Man-Tak Shing, James Bret Michael. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Systems Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. / Title from title screen (viewed June 20, 2005). "September 2004." Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Civil-Military Relations)--Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Harold A. Trinkunas. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88). Also available online.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The objective of this thesis is to investigate the requirements and limitations of boost phase ballistic missile intercept systems that contain an interceptor and its guidance sensors (both radar and infrared). A three- dimensional computer model is developed for a multi-stage target with a boost phase acceleration profile that depends on total mass, propellant mass and the specific impulse in the gravity field. The radar cross-section and infrared radiation of the target structure is estimated as a function of the flight profile. The interceptor is a multi- stage missile that uses fused target location data provided by two ground-based radar sensors and two low earth orbit infrared sensors. Interceptor requirements and limitations are derived as a function of its initial position from the target launch point and the launch delay. Sensor requirements are also examined as a function of the signal-to- noise ratio during the target flight. Electronic attack considerations within the boost phase are also addressed including the use of decoys and noise jamming techniques. The significance of this investigation is that the system components within a complex boost phase intercept scenario can be quantified and requirements for the sensors can be numerically derived. / Captain, Turkish Air Force

The Free Electron Laser (FEL) can provide the naval surface combatant with a directed energy weapon that can be used against a large target set. Due to space constraints in a shipboard installation, an exploration is conducted to show the feasibility of short Rayleigh length FELs using a FEL simulation. Low atmosphere engagements are discussed through the modeling of a turbulence module for laser propagation in cruise missile defense applications. In particular, this thesis explores the difficulties in engaging a short/medium range theater ballistic missile (TBM) in the terminal phase as an engagement scenario in support of littoral operations using HELCoMES, developed by SAIC, as an engagement analysis tool. A concept of operations (CONOPS) for the use of a FEL as an area TBM defensive weapon is explored, using a unitary, high explosive warhead model and extrapolations to other TBM warhead types.