Assessing the Feasibility of the Strategic Long Range Cannon

The U.S. Army is working on a major science and technology development program to build the Strategic Long Range Cannon to fire a hypersonic projectile 1,000 miles. At the request of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, the Committee on Assessing the Feasibility of the Strategic Long Range Cannon made recommendations for the U.S. Army in the following categories: organizational, operational, and technical demonstration development areas. This publication is the unclassified summary of the full, classified report.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
Recommendations
1 Introduction
2 Today's Operating Environment
3 Evaluation of Key and Essential Technologies
Appendixes
Appendix A: Statement of Task
Appendix B: Data-Gathering Sessions
Appendix C: Biographies of Committee Members
Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix E: Military Operations Research