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Paul F. Crickmore

Lockheed A-12

The CIA's Blackbird and other variants

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During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. Lockheed's U-2 was spectacularly successful in this role, however, much to the concern of US President Eisenhower, its shape meant that it could be tracked on Russian radars. Given the highly sensitive nature of such flights, the President insisted that every effort should be made to reduce to zero the U-2's radar cross section (RCS), thereby making the aircraft invisible. When this was proven to be impossible, the stage was set for a U-2 replacement. Following a competition between Lockh… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Tooby, Adam (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4728-0115-9
  • EAN: 9781472801159
  • Produktnummer: 16969229
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 64 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 8'500 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: 35 b/w; 32 col

Über den Autor


Paul F. Crickmore is the author of the much-acclaimed Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions. He was commissioned to write his first book for Osprey 35 years ago and that since then he has written 20 books, including 12 for Osprey. He is also an honorary member of several A-12 and SR-71 veterans' associations.

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