Thesis (M.S. in Space Systems Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Racoosin, Charles. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on August 27, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-41). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Lucas, Thomas W. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Nussbaum, Daniel. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 29, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 1993. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Inaug.-Diss.--Königsberg. / Vita.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri State University, 2009. / "May 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-111). Also available online.

viii, 151 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Current realist explanations of why states decide to develop nuclear weapons cannot account for the behavior of states that lack a clear strategic threat. An alternative explanation is necessary to explain such behavior. I argue that domestic regimes in states with no clear strategic threat may develop nuclear weapons in order to ensure their survival. Such regimes are internationally isolated, under pressure from major powers in the international system and possess some preexisting nuclear capacity. Under these conditions, increasing domestic instability causes regimes to pursue a course of nuclear development. Nuclear weapons allow a regime to change the preferences of the great powers that would otherwise prefer to see the regime overthrown. If the regime possesses nuclear weapons, because of the costs and risks associated with those weapons, the great power will favor maintenance of the status quo and may even prop up a regime it intensely dislikes. / Committee in Charge: Lars Skalnes, Chair; Jane Cramer; Mikhail Myagkov

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The defense response against chemical and biological (Chem/bio) weapons has gained a renewed focus in light of the 11 Sept 2001 terrorist attack. A successful response to a Chem/bio attack would involve measuring and predicting the dispersion of a toxic cloud in the atmosphere. TheNPS Aeronautics and Astronautics Department is working together with the Meteorology Department on a technique to make toxic cloud measurements using an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). In support of this mission, the UAV will require precise and accurate air data (airspeed, angle of attack ["alpha"], and sideslip angle ["beta"]) so that wind data extraction can be carried out from air and inertial data for use in plume dispersion modeling. The efforts in this thesis concentrate on the air data system to produce precise and accurate air data for the support of the Chem/bio response UAV flights. The primary concerns are the choice and design of the air data system; the calibration of the system using the flow fields from computer simulation; and the processing of air data. The air data extracted will be used for wind determination so that the movement of the Chem/bio dispersed agent in the atmosphere can be predicted. / Captain, Republic of Singapore Air Force

Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Richard M. Howard, Vladimir N. Dobrokhodov. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100). Also available online.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Anshu Chatterjee. "December 2006." AD-A462 722. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via the World Wide Web.