DocumentCode
1157207
Title
Third world radiation threats to satellites
Author
Solin, John R.
Author_Institution
Lockheed Martin, San Jose, CA
Volume
42
Issue
4
fYear
2006
fDate
10/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1437
Lastpage
1445
Abstract
The era of hardening military satellites against nuclear events, lasers, and high-power microwaves, appears to have come to an end. A case is made here for maintaining rudimentary nuclear, laser, and high-power microwave (HPM) hardening requirements in order to protect against developing third world threats. The third world nuclear threat is well known. Less appreciated is the fact that third world laser and microwave threats have changed radically in the past few years
Keywords
artificial satellites; laser beam effects; military equipment; nuclear explosions; radiation hardening (electronics); high-power microwave hardening; microwave threats; military satellites; nuclear events; nuclear lasers; third world radiation threats; Electrostatic discharge; Laser transitions; Low earth orbit satellites; Masers; Military satellites; Photoelectricity; Production; Protection; Radiation hardening; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.2006.314583
Filename
4107999
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