Contents

Unit 1 Electronic Reconnaissance

Passage 1 The Eyes of the Night

Passage 2 High-tech"Eyes"for Flying Spies

Passage 3 A Sample of Military Radar Systems

Passage 4 Avoiding Fratricide

Passage 5 The Missile Warning Challenge

Passage 6 The Future of ISR

Unit 2 Military Communications

Passage 1 Who Communicates Wins

Passage 2 The Bandwidth Space Highway

Passage 3 Clear Signals

Passage 4 Who Is Afraid of Cellular Phones?

Passage 5 Partnership Security

Passage 6 Antennas:Highly Visible and Hardly Visible

Unit 3 C3I System

Passage 1 Airborne Warning & Control System(AWACS)E-3 Sentry

Passage 2 Joint Tactical Communication

Passage 3 Defense Satellite Communications System

Passage 4 NATO's C3I System

Passage 5 US Military Command Systems

Passage 6 UK Military Command Systems

Unit 4 Electronic Countermeasures

Passage 1 An Introduction to Electronic Warfare Systems(Ⅰ)

Passage 2 An Introduction to Electronic Warfare Systems(Ⅱ)

Passage 3 The First 100 Years of RF Jamming

Passage 4 RF Jamming——the Key to Tomorrow's Victories?

Passage 5 Fooled You!The Art of Off-board ECM Protection

Passage 6 European EW:Ever More Integrated

Unit 5 Missile Technologies

Passage 1 Precision Strike Technological Trends

Passage 2 Sams for the Distant Kill

Passage 3 European Air-to-Air Missile Programs(Ⅰ)

Passage 4 European Air-to-Air Missile Programs(continued)

Passage 5 US National Missile Defense

Passage 6 PRITHVI and Beyond

Unit 6 Airforce Weapons

Passage 1 The Role of Attack Helicopters in Modern Warfare

Passage 2 UAVs-Where Do We Stand?

Passage 3 Eurofighter Typhoon:the Fourth Generation Combat Aircraft

Passage 4 Vertical Aircraft Loadings

Passage 5 From Fighters to Fighter-Bombers

Passage 6 Initial Air Power Lessons from Kosovo

Unit 7 Naval Weapons

Passage 1 Recent Naval Developments(Ⅰ)

Passage 2 Recent Naval Developments(Ⅱ)

Passage 3 The Modern Submarine

Passage 4 Underwater Warfare Systems(Ⅰ)

Passage 5 Underwater Warfare Systems(Ⅱ)

Passage 6 Sonar System

Unit 8 Land-force Weapons

Passage 1 The Future of Digital Infantry

Passage 2 Equipping the 21st Century Soldier

Passage 3 The FELIN and The Future Infantryman

Passage 4 Land Navigation:GPS for One and All

Passage 5 Turrets for Tomorrow's Fighting Vehicle

Passage 6 Countermeasures against Antitank Weapons

Unit 9 Nuclear,Biological and Chemical Weapons

Passage 1 Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects(Ⅰ)

Passage 2 Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects(Ⅱ)

Passage 3 Biological Warfare(Ⅰ)

Passage 4 Biological Warfare(Ⅱ)

Passage 5 Chemical Warfare Agents(Ⅰ)

Passage 6 Chemical Warfare Agents(Ⅱ)

Unit 10 Future Warefare Weapons

Passage 1 Technological Trends Shaping the Future Battlespace

Passage 2 The Use of Space Weapons

Passage 3 A New Kind of Warfare

Passage 4 Theater Missile Defense

Passage 5 American Preparation for Future Space Warfare

Passage 6 21st Century Mobile Weapon Platform