Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
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The SA-2, nicknamed Red SAM, is the most widely used air defense missile in history, most famous for nearly sparking a nuclear exchange between the USSR and America when one brought down a U-2 spy plane in 1960. Deployed widely against American aircraft in Vietnam the SA-2 has seen service in North Korea, Egypt, and various world conflicts including the 2003 Gulf War and remains in service today despite its aging 50-year-old technology. Using rare interviews and accounts from the Russian designers of the weapon, and supported by photographs and color artwork, Steven J Zaloga examines the development of the SA-2, linking the technical history of the weapon to its massive impact on air campaigns during the Cold War, and investigates the design changes, which helped the SA-2 stand the test of time.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
Steven J. Zaloga - Language
- English
- Series
- New Vanguard
- ISBN
- 9781846030628
- Release date
- 2007
- Volume
- 134
