Steven J. Zaloga

Red SAM (eBook, ePUB)

The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Russian SA-2, nicknamed "Red SAM," is history's dominant antiaircraft missile. In 1960 it famously downed Gary Powers' U-2 spyplane, and two years later it was one of the missiles deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which almost sparked a nuclear showdown between America and the USSR. The SA-2 was also deployed in Vietnam, North Korea, Egypt, and even the Gulf War. Using photographs, color artwork, and rare accounts from the weapon's designers, Steven J Zaloga examines the missile's development, linking this to its massive impact on Cold War air campaigns, and investigates the design changes that have helped the SA-2 stand the test of time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780962061
• Artikelnr.: 38421505

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

SAM Origins · The Spyplane Menace · Operation Anadyr: the Cuban Missile
Crisis · Deep Modernization · The Flying Telephone Pole in Vietnam ·
Operation Kavkaz: S-75 in the 1967-73 Middle East Wars · Foreign Guidelines
· Final Refinements · Further Reading · Color Plate Commentary · Index