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03076aam a2200397 i 4500 001 7063732E74A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 190722s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019015749 020 $a 0190677449 020 $a 9780190677442 035 $a (OCoLC)1110674970 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SVP $d YDX $d YUS $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UG1242 S73 W47 2020 100 1 $a Westwick, Peter J. $e author. 245 10 $a Stealth : $b the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / $c Peter Westwick. 246 30 $a Secret contest to invent invisible aircraft 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xvi, 251 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-235) and index. 505 0 $a Roots of the Revolution -- Tomorrowland -- Breeding Invisible Rabbits -- Lockheed: Tin Shed in a Hurricane -- Northrop: Seeing the Waves -- Showdown at RATSCAT -- Have Blue and the F-117A -- Secrets and Strategies -- The Whale -- Facets versus Curves: The Contest for the B-2 -- Building the B-2 -- From the Shadows to the Spotlight -- Conclusion: The Secret of Stealth. 520 $a "To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, the ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Stealth aircraft $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Stealth aircraft $x Design and construction. 650 0 $a B-2 bomber $x History. 650 0 $a F-117 (Jet attack plane) $x History. 650 0 $a Aeronautics, Military $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Aeronautics, Military $x History $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804010447.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230401010358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7063732E74A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search