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A guided curriculum

Weapon systems, explained from first principles.

Weapon Systems Engineering is a guided curriculum in the engineering of missiles, rockets, and the systems around them. Each episode takes one family of weapons — or one core idea — and builds it up in plain language: what it is, how it senses the world, how it decides where to go, and what it is for. No engineering background is assumed. Start with Episode 1 and follow the curriculum in order, or jump straight to the family that caught your eye.

Nine episodes are published, with more in production across an eighteen-domain curriculum. See the roadmap · Browse the reading library

The Curriculum

Artwork for The Map Before the Territory
EPI-0001 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 20:45 · 7 chapters

The Map Before the Territory

Artwork for Guided, Unguided, and Everything Between — The Precision Spectrum
EPI-0002 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 11:49 · 6 chapters

Guided, Unguided, and Everything Between — The Precision Spectrum

Artwork for Find, Fix, Finish — The Kill Chain in Plain Language
EPI-0003 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 12:05 · 6 chapters

Find, Fix, Finish — The Kill Chain in Plain Language

Artwork for Missiles and Rockets — A Guided Tour of the Guided
EPI-0005 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 15:40 · 7 chapters

Missiles and Rockets — A Guided Tour of the Guided

Artwork for Air-to-Air — Missiles That Hunt Aircraft
EPI-0006 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 11:34 · 7 chapters

Air-to-Air — Missiles That Hunt Aircraft

Artwork for Strike from Above — Air-to-Surface and Anti-Ship Missiles
EPI-0007 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 12:19 · 7 chapters

Strike from Above — Air-to-Surface and Anti-Ship Missiles

Artwork for The Shield Arm — Surface-to-Air Missiles as a Family
EPI-0008 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 11:28 · 7 chapters

The Shield Arm — Surface-to-Air Missiles as a Family

Artwork for Battlefield Rockets and Anti-Armor — Precision Comes to the Ground War
EPI-0009 · Operational Context & Weapon Families · 11:28 · 7 chapters

Battlefield Rockets and Anti-Armor — Precision Comes to the Ground War

Artwork for Meet ARV-01: Anatomy of an Air-Launched Guided Missile
EPI-0044 · Weapon Systems Architecture · 17:16 · 7 chapters

Meet ARV-01: Anatomy of an Air-Launched Guided Missile