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DEFENDING RODINU VOLUME 2

Build-up and Operational History of the Soviet Air Defence Force, 1960-1989

Autore: Krzysztof Dabrowski

Codice: 283311002

€ 23,50

Il libro traccia la storia operativa del PVO sovietico dall'inizio degli anni '60 fino alla fine degli anni '80, attraverso documentazioni e pubblicazioni inedite, 70 foto in bianco e nero, 24 profili a colori e 1 mappa.

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In the 1950s, the Soviets had managed to grow a major Air Defence Force (PVO) capable of covering the entire airspace of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The PVO was able to field interceptors and surface-to-air missiles to intercept even high-flying foreign reconnaissance aircraft. By the early 1960s, the Soviets managed to theoretically, seal their airspace to unwanted visitors. Nevertheless, multiple foreign intelligence agencies and air forces continued seeking to penetrate the airspace of the USSR by means ranging from non-steerable ‘spy blimps’, via strategic bombers, to high-speed tactical reconnaissance aircraft. This activity kept the PVO on constant alert so that time and again it reacted mercilessly, even to entirely innocent passenger airliners, causing several major international incidents. 

Defending Rodinu Volume 2 provides the operational history of the Soviet PVO from the early 1960s until the late 1980s – a period of continuously escalating tensions of the Cold War. Using documentation and publications never before released in the English language and richly illustrated, it provides a comprehensive, single-source point of reference for historians and enthusiasts alike.

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

70 foto in bianco e nero 9 a colori, 24 profili a colori e 1 mappa

Pagine

78

Misure

21 x 30

ISBN
9781804510278