Red SAM The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft

The SA-2, nicknamed Red SAM, is the most widely used air defense missile in history, most famous for nearly sparking a nuclear exchange between the USSR and America when one brought down a U-2 spy plane in 1960. Deployed widely against American aircraft in Vietnam the SA-2 has seen service in North Korea, Egypt, and various world conflicts including the 2003 Gulf War and remains in service today despite its aging 50-year-old technology. Using rare interviews and accounts from the Russian designers of the weapon, and supported by photographs and color artwork, Steven J Zaloga examines the development of the SA-2, linking the technical history of the weapon to its massive impact on air campaigns during the Cold War, and investigates the design changes, which helped the SA-2 stand the test of time.

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.

SAM Origins	p. 3
Birth of the S-75
The Spyplane Menace	p. 7
Operation Anadyr: The Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 10
Deep Modernization	p. 13
The S-75M Volkhov
The next generation: S-125 and S-200
The Flying Telephone Pole in Vietnam	p. 16
Applying the lessons: Linebacker II
Operation Kavkaz: S-75 in the 1967-73 Middle East Wars	p. 34
Foreign Guidelines	p. 38
Final Refinements	p. 40
Further Reading	p. 43
Articles
Books
Color Plate Commentary	p. 46
Index	p. 48
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Red SAM The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile

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