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B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM

B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9781472823632
ISBN-13 : 147282363X
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Book Synopsis B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM by : Peter E. Davies

Download or read book B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM written by Peter E. Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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