Billings, Tanner
Summary: "Missiles are used in wars around the world, and they are impressive feats of engineering. Readers discover the many ways STEM concepts are used in the making and use of missiles in warfare, and as they explore the accessible main text and engaging sidebars, they deepen their knowledge of these essential curriculum topics in an exciting way. Helpful graphic organizers and full-color photographs...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 358.1 BILPiper, Karen Lynnea
Summary: "A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIPER, KAREN PIPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B PIPER PIPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PiperSummary: Display of Matador missile by NATO, with inscription "power for peace
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Summary: Falcon air-to-air missile test (guided missile)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1957
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Summary: Thunderbird missile launch (British)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1957
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Summary: This episode of Rockets! looks at post-WW II rocketry and the creation of the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The U.S. military developed the science and technology that would explore the outer reaches of the earth's atmosphere. This effort was redirected during the Cold War, fueled by a desperate race with the U.S.S.R. to deploy nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and later to orbit the first...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: A former United States Air Force general and three other convicts escape from a military prison. The four men take over a nuclear base and proceed to hold America hostage, threatening to launch the base's missiles if they don't receive ten million dollars and if the president fails to release a top-secret document on the Vietnam War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012