Red SAM

The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile

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Red SAM

The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile

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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.

Table of 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

Product details

Published 10 May 2007
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781846030628
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 41 b/w; 7 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Grou…

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Jim Laurier

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives i…

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