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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A116224. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Unlike past conflicts, which were characterized by major naval battles in the open ocean, present day threats are mostly associated with rogue nations and terrorist cells. These threats may strike at unsuspected times and locations. The United States Navy may operate from a Sea Base that protects power ashore through the use of surface and air assets. These assets must transit from the Sea Base in the blue water through the littoral region to reach the objective area. Total ship system designs that include high-speed littoral combat ships (LCS) are required that are capable of operating in these regions and defending the Sea Base, the surface, and air assets from an asymmetric threat. With a modular design and the ability to carry multiple helicopters and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), the SEA SWAT LCS concept can be quickly employed as a force multiplier capable of operating as an Air Warfare or Undersea/Mine Warfare mission platform. With the addition of the core and Surface Warfare sensors and weapons to one of these modular mission packages, the SEA SWAT LCS concept for sea base defense will ensure air, surface, and subsurface superiority during conflict. An advanced electrical power system in conjunction with an integrated propulsion system and zonal power distribution provides sustained combat capability against multiple asymmetric threats. Its enclosed super-structure allows for high survivability in a CBR environment. ... Read more

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A720704. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: In this thesis we investigate the usage of low rate codes primarily to provide the total bandwidth expansion required for a CDMA system. Comparing different combinations of coding and spreading with a traditional DS-CDMA, as defined in the IS-95 standard, allows the criteria to be defined for the best coding-spreading tradeoff in CDMA systems. The analysis of the coding-spreading tradeoff is divided into two parts. The first part is dedicated to the study of the deterministic components of the problem. This includes the different factors with non-random behavior that the system's designer can determine. The processing gain, the code characteristics and the number of users are well- defined variables that can determine the overall performance and can consequently affect the tradeoff. The second part of the study is dedicated to analyzing different combinations of coding and spreading with no ideal channel estimation and interference reduction techniques. Small-scale fading channel conditions are emulated through Nakagami-m distribution. Large-scale path loss was incorporated through the extended Hata model while Lognormal shadowing considered the fluctuations on the received power at points with the same distance to the transmitter. We assessed the performance of different combinations of coding and spreading considering in two cases: a worst-case scenario in which the mobile user was located at the corner of a hexagon cell in a seven-cell cluster and a more realistic scenario in which the user could be physically located anywhere in the cell, following a uniform probability distribution function. ... Read more

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While Tom is working on his latest new invention, the electric rifle, he meets an African safari master whose stories of elephant hunting sends the group off to deepest, darkest Africa. Hunting for ivory is the least of their worries, as they find out some old friends are being held hostage by some native Africans.

Trivia: The modern stun gun - 'Taser' was inspired by this story The Taser is an acronym for: Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.


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Entertaining, but out of date . . . .
I have just read Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, and enjoyed it.The book was written in 1911, which means it is nearly 100 years old.It is surprising that it can still prove entertaining, but it shows the "notions" of its time.

The story is typical of the approx. 35 "Tom Swift Sr." books-- written from 1910 to about 1935.Tom comes up with an invention -- in this case, his electric rifle -- and has a number of adventures with it.In this book, Tom first designs the rifle and builds it.There's a sense of expectation, and there's the excitement of testing the weapon out.The new rifle fires blobs of electrons that are like tiny balls of electricity.The weapon is silent, and has a dial that can set the power from "stun" to "destruction."So far so good. We are into a good story, and enjoying ourselves.

Next, Tom decides to go to Africa, to the elephant land, as he calls it, to test the rifle out on big game. He brings along Mr. Durban, an old "shakir" and white hunter, who cut his teeth hunting elephants in Africa.This is where the notions of a century ago start to come into conflict.In the book, Tom and his friends "mow down" countless elephants for their tusks.They also circle over a herd of Cape Buffalo, firing continually, and wiping out a good part of the herd.The buffalo slaughter is justified because "the buffalo MIGHT harm nearby natives in a village."Tom's friend Mr. Damon gets in some trouble for trying to shoot rhinoceros while they are sleeping.It goes on and on.All the members of the expedition -- Tom, Mr. Damon, Ned, and Mr. Durban -- are delighted that they have Tom's airship loaded from one end to the other with ivory.At the end of the book, we are told that they sold the ivory and more than recompensed the cost of the expedition.Well, this is fine.Today, we would not be so sanguine about this type of "mowing down" of game animals.

I personally think the book was heavily influenced by Theodore Roosevelt's famous expedition to Africa to hunt big game.Roosevelt, like many hunters of his day, seemed to feel his macho was at stake in hunting, and did not want to kill just one elephant, but dozens.As for African antelope -- stack them up like cordwood.At that time, Africa was teeming with game and wilderness.We can't really apply today's environmental sensibilities to a boy's book written a century ago.

The book has a very major plot element involving the rescue of two white, American missionaries from the clutches of a savage native tribe.There are heated battles, and many exciting scenes.Tom sets the electric rifle to stun, so we do not have wholesale slaughter of people.Even so, the action chapters are well turned, and provide page-turning moments.

It is only because this book is not comfortable reading in today's world that I rate the book "three stars."It is certainly not the first Tom Swift I would purchase.Even so, with a little understanding and some accomodation to the different world-view of the author, it can still entertain. It has entertaining and enjoyable characters, rich doses of humor, some lively dialog, and enough action to please any teenager.Or any superannuated, would-be teenager such as myself.

Hope this helps you get some sense of what's in this rather typical "Tom Swift Sr" adventure.If it is not your cup of tea, remember-- there are 34 other ones without these criticisms or shortcomings. ... Read more