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Sep 15, 1954

Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Allied Force, Base, and Radar Structure

This report describes the components of the Allied Tactical Air Forces (ATAF) in Europe in order to inform other tasks in a larger base vulnerability study.

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Sep 14, 1954

Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Underground Hangars for Fighter-Bomber Operations

This report compares the cost and effectiveness of alternative hardened shelters for aircraft and dispersal as defensive measures against atomic attack.

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Aug 1, 1954

Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Wing-Level Defense Against A-Bombing

This report presents and assesses the effectiveness of new concepts for the defense of tactical air units in Europe.

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Mar 1, 1954

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume I

An analysis of the potential of an unconventional reconnaissance method whereby inaccessible points on the earth may be viewed by television from a satellite orbiting at 300-mi altitude. The current code name for this project is "Feed Back."

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Mar 1, 1954

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume II

This volume contains information on the specific design aspects of the Feed Back device.

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Jan 1, 1954

A Brief Survey of the Technology and Economics of Water Supply

A RAND Corporation study that delineates the problems of water supply and indicates the more important areas of research in this field.

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Oct 19, 1953

Use of Alternative Recovery Bases by Air Defense Interceptor Aircraft

This report assesses the benefits of using alternate recovery bases for Air Defense Command interceptor aircraft to reduce fuel requirements.

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Mar 1, 1953

Special Staff Report: The Selection of Strategic Air Bases

This report analyzes major factors involved in the selection of strategic bases and traces the implications of this analysis for the basing of the 1956 bomber force.

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Apr 1, 1951

Utility of a Satellite Vehicle for Reconnaissance

The authors investigate the utility of an earth-circling space vehicle as a reconnaissance device. They conclude that TV satellites are feasible and likely to be useful if built and operated.

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Oct 4, 1950

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

This paper deals with the probable political effects resulting from the launching of a satellite vehicle under United States auspices, and from its successful use for purposes of military intelligence.

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Jan 1, 1947

Communication and Observation Problems of a Satellite

This report comprises a discussion of problems and requirements of instrumentation for communication between ground stations and a man-made satellite on an orbit above the earth's equator.

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Jul 1, 1946

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

More than eleven years before the orbiting of Sputnik, history's first artificial space satellite, Project RAND released its first report: Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship (SM-11827), May 2, 1946.

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Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Allied Force, Base, and Radar Structure

Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Underground Hangars for Fighter-Bomber Operations

Preservation of Tactical Air Combat Potential in Western Europe: Wing-Level Defense Against A-Bombing

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume I

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A Brief Survey of the Technology and Economics of Water Supply

Use of Alternative Recovery Bases by Air Defense Interceptor Aircraft

Special Staff Report: The Selection of Strategic Air Bases

Utility of a Satellite Vehicle for Reconnaissance

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

Communication and Observation Problems of a Satellite

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

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