The station comes of age : satellites, submarines, and special operations in the final years of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1959-1967 / by Cliff Lawson ; with an introduction by Dr. James E. Colvard.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:History of the Navy at China Lake, California ; v. 4.
Main Author: Lawson, Cliff (Author)
Corporate Author: Naval Air Warfare Center (U.S.). Weapons Division (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: China Lake, CA : NAWCWD, 2017.
Series:History of the Navy at China Lake, California ; v. 4.
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Physical Description:xxx, 749 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Satellites, submarines, and special operations in the final years of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1959-1967
Format: Government Document Book

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490 1 |a History of the Navy at China Lake, California ;  |v v. 4 
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500 |a The first two volumes of the series were published as part of the series: "History of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California." With volume 3, the series became: History of the Navy at China Lake, California." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-703) and index. 
505 0 |a A winter's day. Progress ; Growth ; New directions ; Finding the right people ; Base and town ; Trouble and tragedy ; The larger picture ; A changing Navy ; Global influences ; Stability and optimism -- Reaching skyward. NOTS 1: NOTSNIK ; Lunar scanner ; Transit ; TERASCA, TASCAN, Viperscan ; Project Defender ; Antisatellite projects ; Caleb ; HIHOE ; Satellite Interceptor: SIP ; Guided flight vehicle ; Dixie Pixie ; Kill mechanisms ; Soft-landing vehicle ; Hovering rocket system ; Other Navy, Army and Air Force variants ; Contributions to space exploration ; Summing up -- Back to basics. Nuclear programs ; Polaris ; Deterrence and other nuclear studies ; Conventional weapons ; Walleye ; Weapons requirements studies ; Additional Eye Weapons ; The military edge ; Operations Evaluation Group -- Cooperative targets. Competing antiradar-missile programs ; NOTS' first antiradar missile ; Shrike ; Response to a crisis: Project ESE ; Shrike production ; Equipment and support for the fleet ; Other antiradiation contributions -- Command performance. Firepower demonstration ; Exhibits at Michelson Lab ; The President and the public ; Concluding ceremonies ; Significance of the visit -- 
505 0 |a Fueling the fire. Project AGILE ; FAX/FAE ; Other AGILE projects ; Project Loudmouth ; Helicopter Trap weapon ; TIARA and Chemlight ; Special ops forces ; Booby traps ; Small arms ; Other special operations items ; Spin-stabilized aircraft rocket: SSAR ; Patrol boat, river: PBR ; Project SWAB ; Project Salty and other support to special warfare ; Vietnam Laboratory Assistance Program ; RAP and BOMROC ; Nonlethal weapons -- Tightening the reins. Organizational realignment ; Planning systems ; The funding process ; Conflict of cultures -- Control of the air. Sidewinder ; AIM-9C ; AIM-9D ; Dual-mode seeker ; AIM-9E, -9F, and -9G ; The Albuquerque Incident ; Sons of Sidewinder ; Chaparral ; FOCUS ; Bullwinder and Bombwinder ; Sidewinder support ; The Ault Report ; Ground-based threats ; Coso military target range ; Echo range ; Work hard, play hard -- Exploiting the invisible. IR Characterization studies ; Missile warning technology ; Night attack FLIR, ADAM, NOGS -- Antisubmarine warfare. Pasadena facilities ; Pasadena ranges ; RAT and ASROC ; SUBROC ; RETORC and the MK 46 torpedo ; Aircraft nuclear standoff ASW weapon ; Sonaray ; Supercavitating propeller ; Project Swish ; Quality engineering ; Analysis ; Separation -- The world beneath the surface. Moray ; Undersea research ; Marine mammal projects ; Underwater camera ; Acoustical R&D ; Recovery vehicles and systems ; Cycloidal propellers ; Hikino ; Rock-site ; Closer ties with the Underwater Navy -- 
505 0 |a Controlling the weather. Project ACE ; Project Cyclops ; Project Skagit ; Project Stormfury ; GROMET II: Philippines drought relief ; Project Foggy Cloud ; Other experiments and events ; Operation Popeye -- Frontiers of research. The problems with research ; The Ballistics Division controversy ; Project Hindsight ; Managing research ; NOTS research in the 1960s ; The paper trail ; World-class researchers ; What IS in a name? -- Growing pains. Housing ; Base meets town ; Integrating commerce ; Civil Rights ; Flower children ; The antiwar movement ; The view ahead -- In with the new. Centers of excellence ; The year at China Lake ; Lessons learned ; The future -- Appendix A. Biographies of NOTS Commanders, 1959 to 1967: Captain William W. Hollister ; Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. ; Captain Leon Grabowsky ; Captain John I. Hardy ; Captain Grady H. Lowe ; Captain Melvin R. Etheridge -- Appendix B. Nine ways to ruin a laboratory -- Appendix C. William B. McLean Laboratory dedication speech. 
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