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Red SAM
The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
Red SAM
The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
Description
The Russian SA-2, nicknamed “Red SAM,” is history's dominant antiaircraft missile.
In 1960 it famously downed Gary Powers' U-2 spyplane, and two years later it was one of the missiles deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which almost sparked a nuclear showdown between America and the USSR. The SA-2 was also deployed in Vietnam, North Korea, Egypt, and even the Gulf War.
Using photographs, color artwork, and rare accounts from the weapon's designers, Steven J Zaloga examines the missile's development, linking this to its massive impact on Cold War air campaigns, and investigates the design changes that have 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 | Dec 20 2011 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 48 |
| ISBN | 9781780962061 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 41 b/w; 7 col |
| Series | New Vanguard |
| Short code | NVG 134 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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