Book Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile (Osprey New Vanguard 134) (Repost)

Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile (Osprey New Vanguard 134)

Osprey Publishing | 2007 | ISBN-10: 1846030625 | ISBN-13: 978 1846030628 | English | 53 Pages | PDF | 14,9 MB

The Russian SA-2, nicknamed Red SAM,is historys 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 weapons designers, Steven J Zaloga examines the missiles 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.

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