Contents 1
Unit 1 Electronic Reconnaissance 1
Passage 1 The Eyes of the Night 1
Passage 2 High-tech"Eyes"for Flying Spies 7
Passage 3 A Sample of Military Radar Systems 12
Passage 4 Avoiding Fratricide 17
Passage 5 The Missile Warning Challenge 23
Passage 6 The Future of ISR 28
Unit 2 Military Communications 35
Passage 1 Who Communicates Wins 35
Passage 2 The Bandwidth Space Highway 40
Passage 3 Clear Signals 46
Passage 4 Who Is Afraid of Cellular Phones? 52
Passage 5 Partnership Security 59
Passage 6 Antennas:Highly Visible and Hardly Visible 64
Unit 3 C3I System 72
Passage 1 Airborne Warning & Control System(AWACS)E-3 Sentry 72
Passage 2 Joint Tactical Communication 77
Passage 3 Defense Satellite Communications System 82
Passage 4 NATO's C3I System 88
Passage 5 US Military Command Systems 93
Passage 6 UK Military Command Systems 98
Unit 4 Electronic Countermeasures 104
Passage 1 An Introduction to Electronic Warfare Systems(Ⅰ) 104
Passage 2 An Introduction to Electronic Warfare Systems(Ⅱ) 109
Passage 3 The First 100 Years of RF Jamming 114
Passage 4 RF Jamming——the Key to Tomorrow's Victories? 120
Passage 5 Fooled You!The Art of Off-board ECM Protection 124
Passage 6 European EW:Ever More Integrated 130
Unit 5 Missile Technologies 136
Passage 1 Precision Strike Technological Trends 136
Passage 2 Sams for the Distant Kill 142
Passage 3 European Air-to-Air Missile Programs(Ⅰ) 148
Passage 4 European Air-to-Air Missile Programs(continued) 153
Passage 5 US National Missile Defense 158
Passage 6 PRITHVI and Beyond 163
Unit 6 Airforce Weapons 170
Passage 1 The Role of Attack Helicopters in Modern Warfare 170
Passage 2 UAVs-Where Do We Stand? 175
Passage 3 Eurofighter Typhoon:the Fourth Generation Combat Aircraft 182
Passage 4 Vertical Aircraft Loadings 189
Passage 5 From Fighters to Fighter-Bombers 193
Passage 6 Initial Air Power Lessons from Kosovo 200
Unit 7 Naval Weapons 208
Passage 1 Recent Naval Developments(Ⅰ) 208
Passage 2 Recent Naval Developments(Ⅱ) 213
Passage 3 The Modern Submarine 218
Passage 4 Underwater Warfare Systems(Ⅰ) 223
Passage 5 Underwater Warfare Systems(Ⅱ) 228
Passage 6 Sonar System 233
Unit 8 Land-force Weapons 238
Passage 1 The Future of Digital Infantry 238
Passage 2 Equipping the 21st Century Soldier 243
Passage 3 The FELIN and The Future Infantryman 249
Passage 4 Land Navigation:GPS for One and All 254
Passage 5 Turrets for Tomorrow's Fighting Vehicle 260
Passage 6 Countermeasures against Antitank Weapons 265
Unit 9 Nuclear,Biological and Chemical Weapons 270
Passage 1 Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects(Ⅰ) 270
Passage 2 Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects(Ⅱ) 274
Passage 3 Biological Warfare(Ⅰ) 278
Passage 4 Biological Warfare(Ⅱ) 284
Passage 5 Chemical Warfare Agents(Ⅰ) 289
Passage 6 Chemical Warfare Agents(Ⅱ) 295
Unit 10 Future Warefare Weapons 301
Passage 1 Technological Trends Shaping the Future Battlespace 301
Passage 2 The Use of Space Weapons 306
Passage 3 A New Kind of Warfare 310
Passage 4 Theater Missile Defense 315
Passage 5 American Preparation for Future Space Warfare 320
Passage 6 21st Century Mobile Weapon Platform 325