... understand the principles of operation of many different weapons systems It is expected that the reader will supplement this material with one of the many fine books describing the arsenal of weapons ... part of any weapons system Improvements in the communication capability of weapons systems are probably the most limiting factor in increasing performance today Therefore, the study of weapons systems ... destroying a target The complete description of a weapons system must include all of the means of exchanging information between sub -systems, called communication systems; all means used to locate the...