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B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 ""Guideline"" SAM: Vietnam 1972–73

Illustrated by Jim Laurier, By (author) Peter E. Davies, Illustrated by Gareth Hector

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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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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 18 Oct 2018
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 80
Dimensions | 248 x 184 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 262g
ISBN | 978-1-4728-2362-5
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BISAC | history / military / general


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