B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 Guideline SAM
Vietnam 1972-73
Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States' primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its immense military might. Its powerful electronic countermeasures equipment (ECM) was thought to make the B-52 immune to ground-to-air missile attack, but in Vietnam, and later conflicts such as Operation Desert Storm in 1991, it came up against the Soviet-designed SA-2 SAM which used heavy salvoes of missiles to bring down the bombers.The losses of several of its most feared, powerful and supposedly invincible bombers per night to a torrent of Soviet missiles during the closing stages of the Vietn…
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Weitere Autoren: Laurier, Jim (Illustrator) (Illustr.) / Hector, Gareth (Illustrator) (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-2362-5
- EAN: 9781472823625
- Produktnummer: 25733753
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H18.4 cm x B24.7 cm x D0.5 cm 262 g
- Abbildungen: 20 b/w; 30 col
- Gewicht: 262
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Peter E. Davies is a full-time aviation author with more than 30 published books to his credit, including 23 for Osprey Publishing. He specialises in modern combat aircraft, particularly those involved in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, written previous Osprey Duel title F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 Missile and has co-authored titles on the B-52. He lives in Bristol, UK.Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes. He lives in Keene, New Hampshire.Gareth Hector is a digital artist of international standing as well as an aviation history enthusiast. Gareth completed the battlescene artwork and cover artwork for this book. He lives in Perthshire, UK.
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