Military / Defense

Annual Progress Report, 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1961, Aerospace Corporation

Background This is the first annual report of Aerospace Corporation covering its technical programs performed under contract AF 04(647)-594 for…

May 12, 2017

The U-2 Program

Background The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and…

May 9, 2017

A Report Card on the Department of Energy’s Nonproliferation Programs with Russia, dated January 10, 2001 – by Howard Baker, Lloyd Cutler

Background Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, we have witnessed the dissolution of an empire having over 40,000 nuclear…

May 5, 2017

A Chronology of Terrorist Attacks and Other Criminal Actions Against Maritime Targets, September 1983 RAND Study

Background As part of its continuing research on subnational conflict, The Rand Corporation has compiled a number of chronologies of…

March 31, 2017

Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, September 1990

Background The Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, dated September 1990, was first requested in June of 2009, and it was not…

March 23, 2017

B-47B/F-86L Aircraft Mishap Report, 5 February 1958

Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force…

March 5, 2017

Dissent Within the Armed Forces, December 1970

Background Remarks on dissent in the Armed Forces in relation to dissent in American Society. In Armed Forces, dissent takes…

March 2, 2017

Report of the Coast Artillery Board on Project No. 1153, Heavy Antiaircraft Gun, March 9, 1939

Background This document had been classified since 1939, and has never seen the light of day. In fact, at the…

February 20, 2017

Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Manual 1 and Manual 2

Background Excerpt: The origins of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) date from a Navy "General Plan" prepared in 1915,…

January 28, 2017

Naval Criminal Investigative Service Managers’ Internal Control (MIC) Plan, September 2015

Background Overview of the MIC Plan within the Organization: Control Environment Mission The NCIS mission is to conduct criminal, counterintelligence,…

January 28, 2017