Steven J. Zaloga

Red SAM (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

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: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849086288
• Artikelnr.: 38358318

Autorenporträt

Steven J Zaloga has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armored vehicle development. His main area of interest is military affairs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in World War II, and he has also written extensively on American armored forces.

Jim Laurier is a freelance illustrator, who has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration since the 1970s. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon.

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