Lockheed A-12: The Cia's Blackbird and Other Variants
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Tooby, Adam (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-0113-5
- EAN: 9781472801135
- Produktnummer: 14801015
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.2 cm x D1.0 cm 220 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 12
- Gewicht: 220
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Paul F Crickmore, illustrated by Adam Tooby
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