Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake

By Ron Westrum

Categories: Computers & Technology, History

The story of how a small team at the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake developed the Sidewinder air-to-air missile on a shoestring, and what it shows about creative engineering organizations.

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• Patrick Collison: “Sidewinder. A history of the development of the Sidewinder missile and of the China Lake Navy research lab.”