William R Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5690448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Senior member of the professional staff of the Rand Corporation , Santa Monica, California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9007-6364 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rand's Role in the Evolution of Balloon and Satellite Observation Systems and Related U.S. Space Technology
This report, prepared as part of RAND-sponsored research, was originally intended to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Project RAND (now Project AIR FORCE), a long-term research effort that began in April 1946 with a study of the utility and feasibility of space satellites. RAND research on space technology continued, for the next two decades, to emphasize the primacy of photoreconnaissance and the communication to earth of remotely sensed …
Improving the means for intergovernmental communications in crisis
(1984). Improving the means for intergovernmental communications in crisis. Survival: Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 200-214
Chinese Nuclear Doctrine
China's nuclear detonation at Lop Nor has dramatised the last decade of advancement in Chinese Communist strategic thinking and weapons production: use of Uranium-235 suggests the availability of a uranium hexafluoride gaseous diffusion plant, aside from the plutonium-producing reactors already identified, and suggests the imminence of a Communist Chinese H-Bomb. The recent evidence of Chinese nuclear competence and speculation regarding the deve…
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Chinese Nuclear Doctrine
China's nuclear detonation at Lop Nor has dramatised the last decade of advancement in Chinese Communist strategic thinking and weapons production: use of Uranium-235 suggests the availability of a uranium hexafluoride gaseous diffusion plant, aside from the plutonium-producing reactors already identified, and suggests the imminence of a Communist Chinese H-Bomb. The recent evidence of Chinese nuclear competence and speculation regarding the deve…
Improving the means for intergovernmental communications in crisis
(1984). Improving the means for intergovernmental communications in crisis. Survival: Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 200-214
Rand's Role in the Evolution of Balloon and Satellite Observation Systems and Related U.S. Space Technology
This report, prepared as part of RAND-sponsored research, was originally intended to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Project RAND (now Project AIR FORCE), a long-term research effort that began in April 1946 with a study of the utility and feasibility of space satellites. RAND research on space technology continued, for the next two decades, to emphasize the primacy of photoreconnaissance and the communication to earth of remotely sensed …
Political science (2 works) · Aeronautics (1 work) · Aerospace Engineering (1 work) · Aerospace Engineering (1 work) · Balloon (1 work) · China (1 work) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 work) · Communism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Crisis communication (1 work)