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Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
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Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile Paperback - 2007

by Zaloga, Steven

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Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Pub Co, 2007. New book, 48 pages, NVG134. 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. Contents: SAM Origins; 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.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Laurier, Jim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile
  • Author Zaloga, Steven
  • Illustrator Laurier, Jim
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Osprey Pub Co, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 006005
  • ISBN 9781846030628 / 1846030625
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.72 x 7.4 x 0.2 in (24.69 x 18.80 x 0.51 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007276713

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Steven J Zaloga received his BA in history from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an emphasis on the US Army in World War II, Russia and the former Soviet Union. The author lives in Abingdon, MD.

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About the author

Steven J Zaloga received his BA in history from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an emphasis on the US Army in World War II, Russia and the former Soviet Union. The author lives in Abingdon, MD.

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