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100 1  Westwick, Peter J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Stealth :|bthe secret contest to invent invisible aircraft
       /|cPeter Westwick. 
246 30 Secret contest to invent invisible aircraft 
264  1 New York, NY :|bOxford University Press,|c[2020] 
300    xvi, 251 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-235) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tRoots of the revolution --|tTomorrowland --|tBreeding 
       invisible rabbits --|tLockheed: tin shed in a hurricane --
       |tNorthrop: seeing the waves --|tShowdown at RATSCAT --
       |tHave Blue and the F-117A --|tSecrets and strategies --
       |tThe whale --|tFacets versus curves: the contest for the 
       B-2 --|tBuilding the B-2 --|tFrom the shadows to the 
       spotlight --|tConclusion: The secret of stealth. 
520    "To American planners and strategists at the outset of the
       Cold War, the ultimate way to gain ascendance over the 
       USSR was only a question. What if the United States could 
       defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane 
       through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such 
       capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar -
       an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. 
       In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which 
       the impossible was achieved. Stealth is a tale of two 
       aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their 
       fierce competition - with each other and with themselves -
       to obtain what was estimated one of the largest 
       procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully 
       explores the individual and collective ingenuity and 
       determination required to make these planes and in the 
       process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to 
       the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role 
       of technology, as well as the art and science of physics 
       and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, 
       one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon 
       that some thought might save the world, and which 
       certainly changed it."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Stealth aircraft|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Stealth aircraft|xDesign and construction. 
650  0 B-2 bomber|xHistory. 
650  0 F-117 (Jet attack plane)|xHistory. 
650  0 Aeronautics, Military|xResearch|zUnited States|xHistory
       |y20th century. 
650  0 Aeronautics, Military|xResearch|zUnited States|xHistory
       |y21st century.