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Tables of Contents for Sidewinder
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
The Weapon Nobody Asked For
1
4
The Gadgeteer
5
11
The Problem Takes Shape
16
20
The Wrong Laboratory
36
11
Struggles with Infrared
47
15
The Weapons Shop
62
12
Systems Engineering
74
19
The Painted Bird
93
15
Crunch Time
108
12
To the Fleet
120
13
Selling the Air Force
133
12
High-Altitude Testing
145
17
The Creative Dialogue
162
8
Early Generations
170
20
Later Generations
190
17
In Combat
207
13
Building People at China Lake
220
20
Building Ideas at China Lake
240
14
The Past and Future Laboratory
254
21
Notes
275
42
Index
317