Scarecrow Press
Pages: 232
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-8108-5844-2 • Paperback • May 2007 • $119.00 • (£92.00)
978-0-8108-6691-1 • eBook • May 2007 • $113.00 • (£87.00)
Anthony J. Tambini is a retired aerospace technical and logistics field representative. He spent 40 years in the aerospace industry and he is a former USAF flight engineer.
Part 1 Map of Infiltration Routes
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Acknowledgments
Part 4 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Part 5 1 Establishing the Electronic Wall
Part 6 2 Air-Delivered Devices
Part 7 3 Hand Emplacement Devices
Part 8 4 Airborne Sensor Delivery Systems
Part 9 5 Naval Sea Patrol and Delivery
Part 10 6 Data Relay Aircraft
Part 11 7 Data Processing
Part 12 8 Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Night Observation (STANO) Program
Part 13 9 Airborne Attack
Part 14 10 The 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon
Part 15 11 Vietnamization of the Sensor System: Project Tight Jaw
Part 16 12 Conclusion
Part 17 Appendixes
Part 18 Attachments
Part 19 Photos
Part 20 Additional Sources
Part 21 Index
Part 22 About the Author
Beginning in the late 1960s, the US military began a program called Igloo White, deploying a network of sensors, orbiting aircraft, monitoring devices, technicians, and computing equipment designed to detect and track enemy movements in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Thoroughly approving of this electronic wall both in concept and in practice, Tambini (a retired aerospace technical and logistics field representative) details its underlying technologies and describes how they were deployed and utilized in theater. He argues that the system was a significant success in disrupting the logistics of the North Vietnamese and their allies, even if it was a success within the midst of a failed war.
— Reference and Research Book News, August 2007