Red SAM
The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
Red SAM
The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
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The SA-2, nicknamed Red SAM, is the most widely used air defense missile in history, most famous for nearly sparking a nuclear exchange between the USSR and America when one brought down a U-2 spy plane in 1960. Deployed widely against American aircraft in Vietnam the SA-2 has seen service in North Korea, Egypt, and various world conflicts including the 2003 Gulf War and remains in service today despite its aging 50-year-old technology.
Using rare interviews and accounts from the Russian designers of the weapon, and supported by photographs and color artwork, Steven J Zaloga examines the development of the SA-2, linking the technical history of the weapon to its massive impact on air campaigns during the Cold War, and investigates the design changes, which helped the SA-2 stand the test of time.
Table of Contents
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 | May 22 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 48 |
| ISBN | 9781846030628 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 41 b/w; 7 col |
| Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
| Series | New Vanguard |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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