Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile, New Vanguard 134, Osprey
- Brand: Osprey
- Product Code: D09368 [22351]
- Availability: Available upon request within 20 - 40 days.
- Date added: 24/05/2022
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16.50€
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.
Contents:
- 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
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Description: 48 pages, Paperback, 248 X 185 mm.
Condition: NEW COPY.
Shipping weight: 320 gr.