Regulus: The Forgotten Weapon [Hardcover] Stumpf, David K

In the closing months of World War II, guided missile technology blossomed as a technological breakthrough for the delivery of offensive weapons Late in the war, Germany introduced its V1 and V2 missile systems, and the Soviet ballistic missile program late in the decade heightened the need for a US intermediaterange missile programDuring this period, the Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation, famous for its F4U Corsair aircraft among others, began work on a new guided missile program with the US Navygiving birth to the Regulus missileRegulus: Americas First Nuclear Submarine Missile provides a detailed report on Chance Voughts Regulus I and II guided missiles, the program that paved the way in the fields of inertial navigation, missile guidance and impact accuracy The book covers examples of the daytoday operations as well as the yearly milestones for the program as it reached operational status, and covers naval deployment on aircraft carriers, to heavy cruisers and finally to the five submarines that patrolled the North Pacific Detailed appendices include detailed discussions of the missiles guidance systems, nuclear warheads, flight operations and production summariesRegulus was an important step in the evolution of Americas missile defense program, and this book is a fitting tribute to the history of this complex system, and the people who made it happen ISBN10: 1563112779 ISBN13: 9781563112775Material Type: hardcover