《ANNUAL REVIEW OF MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:1982》

1. TRENDSIN U.S. MILITARY RD FUNDING1

The RD Budgets2

Long-Term Trends in Federal Funding for RD10

The Big Funders and Performers of RD11

DoD Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation28

DoD Categories of RDTE32

An Analysis of DoD RDTE by Technologies and Applications35

Glossary of the Categories37

Methodology42

General Comments44

Army46

Navy46

Air Force47

Notes47

2 FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES WITH EXTENSIVE MILITARY APPLICATIONS49

Materials49

Electronics53

Computers69

Infrared Sensors75

Missile Guidance Technology78

3 PARTICLE BEAM WEAPONS89

Defensive Weapons90

ASAT Weapons92

Exoatmospherie Particle Beams95

Endoatmospheric Particle Beams104

The State of Current Research on Particle Beam Technology for Military Application109

Conclusion110

4/ LASER WEAPONS115

How a Laser Does Damage115

Exoatmospheric Propagation122

Endoatmosphnric PropagAtion124

Energy Requlromnnts130

Operational Requiroments135

Applications136

Space-Based Systems136

Air-Based Systems140

Ground-Based Systems142

The State of Current Research on Laser Technology for Military Application144

Conclusion145

References146

51 CRUISE MISSILES148

General Principles148

Engine and Fuel149

Guidance Systems150

Warhead151

Operational Considerations151

Specific Cruise Missile Technologies152

Engines152

Guidance Systems155

Other Common Features of Cruise Missiles157

Cruise Missiles in Relation to Soviet Defenses157

Current Defenses of Ground Targets159

Future Defenses of Ground Targets161

Defenses of Sea-Based Targets162

Specific Cruise Missiles under Development or Production162

Air-Launched Cruise Missile162

The Tomahawk Cruise Missiles164

The Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile and Others170

Conclusion170

Note171

ABOUT THE AUTHORS173