| Innovation in the United States Air Force: Evidence from Six Cases Contributor(s): Grissom, Adam R. (Author), Lee, Caitlin (Author), Mueller, Karl P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0833091840 ISBN-13: 9780833091840 Publisher: RAND Corporation OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Science & Technology Policy - History | Military - Aviation - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| LCCN: 2016429684 |
| Physical Information: 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This report assesses historical cases of U.S. Air Force innovation or apparent failure to innovate: innovations in strategic reconnaissance, nuclear survivability, suppression of enemy air defenses, and precision strategic attack; and apparent failures to innovate in close air support after World War II, early efforts to defeat Soviet integrated air defenses, and airborne high-value targeting in the post-Cold War era. |
