Lockheed A12 The Cias Blackbird And Other Variants - Paul F. Crickmore
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During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. Lockheed's U-2 was spectacularly successful in this role. Much to the concern of President Eisenhower, its shape meant that it could be tracked on Russian radars. Given the highly sensitive nature of such flights, the President insisted that every effort should be made to reduce to zero the U-2's radar cross section (RCS), thereby making the aircraft "i...
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2014 Uitgever: Osprey Publishing 64 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 147280113X ISBN-13: 9781472801135Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrated with b/w and colour drawings and photographs, small 8vo. [Auteur: Crickmore, Paul F.] [Pagina's: 64] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Osprey Publishing] [Jaar: 2014] [Titel: Lockheed A-12: The CIA’s Blackbird and other Variants]