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1	U.S. Abrogation of the I.N.F. Treaty: Implications for Russian-Sino Relations Barrett, Leah Robinson 27 January 2021 (has links) This thesis aims to address how the strategic partnership between Russia and China is affected by the absence of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, also known as the I.N.F. Treaty. Through historical evidence of the strategic partnership, along with various balancing theories, this thesis presents the argument that American abrogation of the I.N.F. Treaty would result in strengthened relations between Russia and China if the United States deploys intermediate-range nuclear weapons to the Pacific. Without U.S. deployment, however, the Russian-Sino strategic partnership will likely remain undisturbed. / Master of Arts / The purpose of this thesis is to examine the strategic partnership between Russia and China in the absence of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, also known as the I.N.F. Treaty. This thesis presents the argument that American abrogation of the I.N.F. Treaty would result in strengthened relations between Russia and China if the United States deploys intermediate-range nuclear weapons to the Pacific. Without U.S. deployment, however, the Russian-Sino strategic partnership will likely remain undisturbed. Intermediate-Range I.N.F. Treaty Pacific
2	Kill vehicle effectiveness for boost phase interception of ballistic missiles Bardanis, Florios 06 1900 (has links) Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Boost phase interception of ballistic missiles is envisioned as the primary response of the layered defense architecture implemented in the ballistic missile defense system. A limited time frame in which to take action and the necessity to implement hit-to-kill technology in the kill vehicle counterbalances the many advantages of boost phase interception. Direct hit missile technology is constrained by the requirement to minimize miss distance to a negligible amount between the kill vehicle and optimum aimpoint on the target. This thesis examines kill vehicle effectiveness, which is tantamount to miss distance, as a function of both the kill vehicle maximum acceleration capability and the guidance system time constant necessary to destroy a target. The kill vehicle guidance system is modeled in MATLAB as a fifth-order binomial series with proportional navigation. The simulation examines the effect of an accelerating target attributed to powered flight and aimpoint displacement caused by a shift in tracking point from the target plume to the payload when resolution occurs. The kill vehicle minimum requirements as indi-cated by the simulation include a lateral acceleration capability of four times the target acceleration and a guidance system time constant that is less than one-tenth the estimated flight time. / Lieutenant, Canadian Navy Ballistic missile defenses Electrical engineering Proportional navigation Intermediate-range ballistic missiles
3	Amorphous Semiconductors: From Photocatalyst to Computer Memory Sundararajan, Mayur 05 July 2017 (has links) No description available. Physics Materials Science CBRAM Non-Volatile Memory Photocatalysts Bandgap Engineering Silica FSDP Intermediate Range Order Irena SAXS SEM Chalcogenide Glasses Sol-gel synthesis
4	"Green Cheese" and "the Moon": Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Euromissiles Griffith, Luke January 2018 (has links) No description available. History Modern History Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Mikhail Gorbachev dual-track decision NATO cruise missile Pershing neutron bomb ERW Leonid Brezhnev arms control nuclear theater nuclear forces intermediate-range nuclear forces TNF INF SS-20 gray areas SALT
5	The Limits of Control: A History of the SALT Process, 1969-1983 Ambrose, Matthew John January 2014 (has links) No description available. International Relations History Military History American History Foreign Policy National Security Nuclear History Arms Control SALT I SALT II INF Nuclear Strategy Cold War Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Detente Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Nuclear Weapons International Relations Diplomatic History

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