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

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm, where he covers missile and drone technology as well as international arms transfers for clients in the aerospace industry and the government. He served for more than two decades as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank, retiring in 2021. 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