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Return to Intro -1 Cover Page 1 Disclaimer 2 Table of Contents 3 Illustrations 5 Figure 1-1. Asteroid Size/Impact Versus Frequency 12 Figure 3-1. Current ECO Search and Detection Network 37 Figure 3-2. Sky Eyes—Deep Space Sentry System Concept 41 Figure 3-3. Proposed Unilateral US Command Structure 43 Figure 3-4. Potential Mitigation Subsystems 51 Figure 3-5. New Potential Mitigation Subsystems 52 Figure 3-6. Capability of Kinetic Energy Deflectors 57 Figure 3-7. Capability of Mass Drivers 59 Figure 3-8. Capability of Solar Sails 60 Figure 3-9. Asteroid deflection capabilities of solar collectors versus nuclear weapons. 61 Figure 3-10. Proposed Three-Tier PDS 64 Figure 3-11. Proposed three-tier PDS research, development, and deployment timelines. 65 Tables 6 Table 1 Injuries and Deaths Caused by ECO Impacts 16 Table 2 Economic Analysis of 2-km diameter M-Class Metal Rich Asteroid 22 Table 3 ECO Scenarios 34 Table 4 Detection Technologies 42 Table 5 C 4 I Subsystem Characteristics 50 Table 6 ECO Mitigation Systems 54 Table 7 Nuclear Charges Required for Various Asteroid Employment Scenarios 55 Table 8 Yield Versus Mass for Nuclear Explosive Devices 55 Table 9 Three-Tier PDS

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Author

Air University

Language

EN

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nonfiction