56 Results for : interdiction
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Hostage of Paradox: A Qualmish Disclosure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1499min
Few people then or now know about the clandestine war that the CIA ran in Vietnam, using the Green Berets for secret operations throughout Southeast Asia. This was not the Vietnam War of the newsreels - the body counts, rice paddy footage, and men smoking cigarettes on the sandbag bunkers. This was a shadow directive of deep-penetration interdiction, reconnaissance, and assassination missions conducted by a select few Special Forces teams, usually consisting of only two Americans and a handful of Chinese mercenaries called Nungs. These specialized units deployed quietly from forward operations bases to prowl through agendas that, for security reasons, were seldom completely understood by the men themselves. Hostage of Paradox is a firsthand account by one of these elite team leaders. Moore is a highly decorated former Green Beret sergeant whose operations led him and a few Chinese, with whom he could barely communicate by hand signals alone, through a labyrinth of excruciatingly close calls and multiple woundings, miles deep in the jungles of enemy-controlled wilderness. His descriptions of these little-known missions crackle with fearful immediacy and the vivid imagery that only someone who has lived the experience can summon. To listen to his words is to be transported to the shadows of a small, murky corner of military history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Orders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/053891/bk_acx0_053891_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Night Hunters: The AC-130s and Their Role in US Airpower: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1034min
In Night Hunters, air power historian William P. Head provides the first detailed study of the development and deployment of the AC-130 gunship. While other airframes and other types of close air support (CAS) and interdiction weapon systems preceded or flew with the AC-130s, this four-engine cargo airframe proved to be not only the longest serving fixed-wing gunship but also the most effective by far. During the Vietnam War, the US military developed new tactics and weapons systems to counter a diversity of enemy tactics and geographic features, the difficult climate, and the shifting diplomatic context. One of the most important was the development of the AC-130. Its ability to transport heavier payloads at higher altitudes across longer distances made it the logical choice to be the final Vietnam-era fixed-wing gunship and the only one that continues to fly missions in the 21st century. In addition, it employed many of the most advanced weapons, sensors, targeting devices, and fire control systems of the 1970s or of any era. By recounting both the technical development and the combat operations of the plane, and by looking at the proposed alternatives for its use in the War on Terror, Night Hunters offers a clear view of the role of gunships and of close air support in US wars. In today’s never-ending brushfire wars, the AC-130s continue to uphold their reputation for excellence. The book is published by Texas A&M University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas R. Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141227/bk_acx0_141227_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 627min
Black Gold and Blackmail seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions. In extreme cases, such as Imperial Japan in 1941, great powers fought wars to grab oil territory in anticipation of a potential embargo by the Allies; in other instances, such as Germany in the early Nazi period, states chose relatively subdued measures like oil alliances or domestic policies to conserve oil. What accounts for this variation? Rosemary A. Kelanic argues that two variables determine what strategy a great power will adopt: The petroleum deficit, which measures how much oil the state produces domestically compared to what it needs for its strategic objectives; and disruptibility, which estimates the susceptibility of a state's oil imports to military interdiction - that is, blockade. Because global markets undercut the effectiveness of oil sanctions, blockade is in practice the only true threat to great power oil access. That, combined with the devastating consequences of oil deprivation to a state's military power, explains why states fear oil coercion deeply despite the adaptive functions of the market.Together, these two variables predict a state's coercive vulnerability, which determines how willing the state will be to accept the costs and risks attendant on various potential strategies. Only those great powers with large deficits and highly disruptible imports will adopt the most extreme strategy: direct control of oil through territorial conquest..The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colleen Patrick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203321/bk_acx0_203321_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Claws & Effect: The Otherworldly Pets of Project Enterprise (eBook, ePUB)
Love Space opera? Romance? Adventure? Out of this world pets? Grab Claws & Effect today! What's in the collection? In Time Trap, Sergeant Briggs's world collides with the very unusual Madison and her pet parrot. With a Time Service Interdiction Force on their heels, can the three craft a plan that will save a base full of geniuses and technology and get them the happy ending they deserve? Operation Ark's Caro, her caticorn, and Kraye are tasked with returning some unusual aliens to their home planets. Together they must face a dangerous journey, a lethal enemy with a score to settle, their unexpected desire, and an uncertain future if they make it out alive.Cyborg's Revenge asks the question, can the shy guy and the lovesick gal defeat their greatest enemy and find a happy ending? Only the chatty Snake knows for sure. General's Holiday brings us a lady with a crazy story and a frog for a side-kick. And then there is the general who has been waiting for his Picard moment for a long time. Be careful what you ask for! But…if he can survive he might just get to kiss the lady. And in the bonus short story, "The Real Dragon," Emma Standish didn't think her day could get any worse. Her dad is marrying his boss, her dragon suddenly came back talking and typing, and it's her fault the Earth, or at least ten square miles of Texas, is going to be destroyed. Dive into four Project Enterprise stories and one quirky Earth-based romp! All five originally appeared in the ®Pets in Space anthologies.- Shop: buecher
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The Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign: The History of the Allied Victory That Preceded the Invasion of the Philippines , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min
The powerful forces of the United States Navy (USN), Marine Corps, and Army advanced inexorably against Imperial Japan in 1944. Following massive interdiction of Japanese merchant shipping by American submarines and multiple naval victories, the Americans stood poised to liberate the Philippines, then move on to locations closer to the Japanese home islands. In early 1944, arguments raged over the best approach to the "strategic triangle" created by Formosa, Luzon, and China. Finally, on March 12th, the Joint Chiefs of Staff - consisting of Admirals William D. Leahy and Ernest J. King, and Generals George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold - issued a directive picking the next target: "[T]he most feasible approach to the Formosa-Luzon-China area is by way of Marianas-Carolines-Palau-Mindanao area, and that the control of the Marianas-Carolines-Palau area is essential to the projection of our forces into the former area, and their subsequent effective employment therefrom." The Americans' plans focused on three islands near the southern end of a 15-island, north to south aligned island chain: Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. These islands, relatively large, offered space for the construction of large air bases within strategic bomber range of Japan itself, as well as closer targets. The Japanese also recognized the strategic importance of the Mariana Islands, and Saipan in particular, given its location just 1,272 miles from Tokyo itself. This would place the Japanese capital well within the 3,250 mile range of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. With these facts in their possession and the Marianas as one of the Americans' most logical next choices, the Japanese worked to move both reinforcements and materials for new fortifications to the southern Marianas in early 1944. Nevertheless, deadly USN submarines with determined crews seriously hampered these efforts. On February 29th, the USS Trout (SS-202), a Tambor-class submarine skippered by Lie ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Norman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076289/bk_acx0_076289_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Study Of The Aerial Interdiction of Railways During The Korean War
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Operation SEALORDS: A Study In The Effectiveness Of The Allied Naval Campaign Of Interdiction
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Evaluation Of The Aerial Interdiction Campaign Known As The "e;Transportation Plan"e; For The D-Day Invasion
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Battlefield Air Interdiction In The 1973 Middle East War And Its Significance To NATO Air Operations
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Battlefield Air Interdiction By The Luftwaffe At The Battle Of Kursk - 1943
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