Több mint 10 millió cím angol és más nyelveken! Fedezd fel új történetedet még ma!

HAWK Air Defense Missile System

Name: HAWK Air Defense Missile System
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
SKU: 9781472852212
Price: 4824 HUF
Availability: InStock

Szerző: Jacqueline Scott, Irene Cano Rodríguez

Nyelv:

Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Bloomsbury Publishing

Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten

Küldés 3-5 napon belül

4 824 Ft

This is the first history of the legendary US Army''s HAWK missile system, the world''s first mobile...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Jacqueline Scott, Irene Cano Rodríguez

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2022

oldal

EAN

9781472852212

ISBN

1472852214

Enbook ID

36679691

Kiadó

Bloomsbury Publishing

Súly

168

Méretek

247 x 184 x 6

Teljes leírás

This is the first history of the legendary US Army''s HAWK missile system, the world''s first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.

Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in 1959. At its peak, it saw frontline service in the Far East, Panama, Europe, and in the Middle East. Units were also used during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War. In the hands of other nations, HAWK proved its efficacy in combat during the Arab-Israeli Wars, Iran-Iraq War, Chadian-Libyan War, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Credited with shooting down more than 100 aircraft during its combat career, the HAWK system was respected for its lethality. Such was Soviet concern, that the USSR developed electronic jammers, anti-radiation missiles, and other countermeasures specifically to degrade its effectiveness. The US retired its HAWK systems soon after the Cold War ended in 1991 when air defense priorities shifted from aircraft to ballistic missile defense, yet a modernized version of the system remains in service to this day in many nations.

Packed with archive photos and original artwork, this is the first book about the HAWK system. Featuring research from HAWK technical and field manuals, interviews with HAWK veterans, and detailing the authors’ personal experiences with HAWK missile units, it provides a comprehensive study of one of the most lethal and effective air missile systems of all time.