B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM
Vietnam 1972-73
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Beschreibung
Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States' primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its immense military might. Its powerful electronic countermeasures equipment (ECM) was thought to make the B-52 immune to ground-to-air missile attack, but in Vietnam, and later conflicts such as Operation
Desert Storm in 1991, it came up against the Soviet-designed SA-2 SAM which used heavy salvoes of missiles to bring down the bombers. The losses of several of its most feared, powerful and supposedly invincible bombers per night to a torrent of Soviet missiles during the closing stages of the Vietnam War was sobering to Americans, but the B-52s' crushing attacks virtually eliminated North Vietnam's defences and forced a peace settlement. This fascinating book analyses the roles of the SA-2 operators and the B-52 Electronic Warfare Officers (EWOs) using specially commissioned artwork as well as first-hand accounts, and traces the cat-and-mouse tactics that each side employed.
Peter E. Davies
Produktdetails
Einband | Taschenbuch |
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Seitenzahl | 80 |
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.10.2018 |
Sprache | Englisch |
ISBN | 978-1-4728-2362-5 |
Reihe | Duel |
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Verlag | KNV Besorgung |
Maße (L/B/H) | 24.7/18.4/0.7 cm |
Gewicht | 262 g |
Illustrator | Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector |