The Baroque ArsenalForfatteren skriver kritisk om fremkomsten af nye våbentyper og våbensystemer, der udvikles mere på grundlag af erfaringer fra 2. Verdenskrig end med tanke på, om fremtiden vil ligne det forgangne. |
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... Air Force in the 1950s as a tool of management , in order to organise this ever - growing cast . The institutions and language of " systems " how- ever , served eventually to conceal the relationship between gov- ernment and industry ...
... Air Force in the 1950s as a tool of management , in order to organise this ever - growing cast . The institutions and language of " systems " how- ever , served eventually to conceal the relationship between gov- ernment and industry ...
Page 24
... Air Force organised their engineering teams " in parallel fash- ion with horizontal communications quite strong between counter- part contractor and Air Force civilian engineers . " This greatly hampered the ability to make technical ...
... Air Force organised their engineering teams " in parallel fash- ion with horizontal communications quite strong between counter- part contractor and Air Force civilian engineers . " This greatly hampered the ability to make technical ...
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... Air Force.28 The Air Force victory was widely viewed as a victory for the air- craft industry . At that time , the industry was in the unhappy state of a pro- ducer falling upon evil days with but a single buyer — the gov- ernment — and ...
... Air Force.28 The Air Force victory was widely viewed as a victory for the air- craft industry . At that time , the industry was in the unhappy state of a pro- ducer falling upon evil days with but a single buyer — the gov- ernment — and ...
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