Реферат Kosovo war and US intervention

-economic and technical:

Disposal of outdated ammunition

The Pentagon provided compensation of the spent ammunition and opened to many contractors the additional «valve» prolonging their deliveries to the Ministry of Defense of the USA.operations against Yugoslavia served as further development of the tendency which foundation was laid during war in a zone of the Persian Gulf when strengths of allies for the first time showed efficiency of systems of arms of high precision. Such systems reduce probability of inadvertent damage and a risk level to which crews of planes are exposed. According to Paul Nesbit, the expert in the field of war industry, operations on the Balkans can cause changes in tactics of future operations in respect of strengthening of a role of high-precision systems. [6] Raytheon company estimates, the cost of new contracts on completion of the ammunition spent on the Balkans will make about 1 billion dale. The company expects to receive 420 million dales only on re-equipment and modernization of Tomahawk cruise missiles earlier made by it which will go for completion of the stocks spent in Yugoslavia. On rockets, in particular, receivers of the satellite navigation system «Navistar» will be installed.

«Raytheon» also secured the order for expansion of production of the false targets towed by plane distracting on fire of systems of air defense. The cost of the contract makes 6, 5 million dales.number of other systems of the exact targeting which was actively applied in Yugoslavia includes the special modified set of the equipment turning uncontrollable air bombs into the exact weapon. The cost of one such set makes 18 thousand dale. [3: 28]

Test of new types of weapon

New system of counteraction of air defense for the V - 2 bomberthe American strategic B - 1B bombers participating in raids of NATO aircraft to Yugoslavia, the technical solutions allowing them to evade from the Yugoslavian anti-aircraft weapons are for the first time applied. According to informed specialized Aviation Week and Space Technology, novelties were developed quickly taking into account military information about technical parameters of systems of air defense of Yugoslavia and established on bombers.of advanced methods of the electronic counteraction considering concrete features of the Yugoslavian equipment was conducted by exclusively high rates on the basis of the US Air Force the Eglin / staff of Florida / the special group of experts. Representatives of the Air Force and also such company s manufacturers of military equipment were its part, as «AIL Systems», «Reytion» and «Boeing». [3: 34], test and introduction of the new software intended for the B - 1B bombers, took less than 100 hours. It was established on five B - 1B which were based on air base the Ellsworth / the State of South Dakota /, from where them threw to Great Britain on base in Herford with whom they make raids to Yugoslavia.to the magazine, in usual conditions completion of such software and all subsequent operations take some months. In parallel with development of programs, modification of a database about Yugoslavian air defenses considering the last data of investigation, it was instructed crews of B - 1B and test of novelties.

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