Empty Promise: Growing Case Against Star Wars : The Union of Concerned Scientists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080700412X ISBN 13: 9780807004128

Publisher: Beacon Pr, 1986

Synopsis

Discusses the politics behind the Star Wars project, evaluates the effectiveness of the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, and looks at SDIs effect on arms control negotiation

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From Library Journal

This effort by the Union of Concerned Scientists follows its Fallacy of Star Wars ( LJ 11/15/84), which criticized the technical aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative. According to the scientists and defense experts contributing to this volume, the technical problems of SDI remain and the scientific community is balking at resolving them. Command and control for Star Wars may prove unreliable, largely due to its complexity and dependence on software well beyond the current state of the art. Star Wars itself remains undefinedis it population defense or military defense? An alienated Nato and an accelerated arms race are further concerns which should lay Star Wars to rest, but this is not likely during the present administration. Timely and essential. D. Felbel, Univ. of Manitoba Lib., Winnipeg
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Beacon Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 080700412X
• ISBN 13: 9780807004128
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Tirman John