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B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM - Vietnam 1972-73
by Davies, Peter
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1472823621
- ISBN 13
- 9781472823625
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Osprey Pub Co, 2018. New book, 80 pages, DUE89. 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 Vietnam War was sobering to Americans, but the B-52s' crushing attacks virtually eliminated North Vietnam's defences and forced a peace settlement. This fascinating book analyses the roles of the SA-2 operators and the B-52 Electronic Warfare Officers (EWOs) using specially commissioned artwork as well as first-hand accounts, and traces the cat-and-mouse tactics that each side employed.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Laurier, Jim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010426
- Title
- B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM - Vietnam 1972-73
- Author
- Davies, Peter
- Illustrator
- Laurier, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- ISBN 10
- 1472823621
- ISBN 13
- 9781472823625
- Publisher
- Osprey Pub Co
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- B-52 STRATOFORTRESS SA-2 GUIDELINE SAM VIETNAM WAR AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam War Aircraft;
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Viceroy Books
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Forestdale, Queensland
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