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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This comprehensive study of the fascinating and often secret world of aerospace reconnaissance delves into the early history and explains the development of this most important facet of air power from balloons through to high-tech air and space systems.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Acknowledgements.

-Preface.

-About the Author.

-Contents.

-List of Figures.

-List of Plates.

-Plate Section.

-List of Acronyms.

-1- The Historical Background.

-2- The Requirement.

-3- Platforms.

-4- Sensor Systems.

-5- The Ground Environment.

-6- Imagery Analysis.

-7- Future Reconnaissance Systems, Requirements and Platforms.

-Bibliography.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

Aerospace Reconnaissance is another of the volumes (the 9th.) of the series Brassey's Air Power: Aircraft, Weapons Systems and Technology Series.

In it, its author, Group Captain G.J. Oxlee, thoroughly examines the issue of air reconnaissance, beginning with a brief historical vision to then go on to describe in great detail everything concerning motivations, platforms, sensors, land installations and analyses of image. The book ends with an examination of the future of air reconnaissance, in which space systems are going to have a great importance.

This will be how we will discover the great value that aerospace reconnaissance has nowadays in the military arena. Strategically and tactically speaking, its utilization has become fundamental in modern warfare, as could be appreciated in the recent Desert Storm, in Kuwaiti territory. Electronic intelligence, early warning, remote photography, etc., have become inseparable components of military success. Specialized personnel, new devices and systems, have had to be trained and designed to guarantee a certain information advantage on the enemy. Yet reconnaissance is not only useful in warfare, it also is useful in peace, to ensure that international teatries are respected or to control the military growth of some nations.

The sophistication in the tasks of aerospace reconnaissance has reached considerable extremes. Nowadays, it is possible to see in the dark or even in any weather conditions, detect and intercept signals at great distances, etc. Perhaps the satellites are the best example of how far this technology can reach. Oxlee shows which the capabilities of the modern systems are, and makes them understandable to the average reader. In the book are likewise included photographs which had been secret up to very recently indeed, an extended bibliography and sufficient study material to get to know in depth what aerospace reconnaissance means and represents for the safety of the different countries.