Ballistic Missile Defense: Responding to the Current Ballistic Missile Threat : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, May 30, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 141 страница |
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