Singh Mandeep Singh

Air Defence Artillery in Combat, 1972 to the Present (eBook, ePUB)

The Age of Surface-to-Air Missiles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"It covers, chapter by chapter the anti-air battle in wars from Yom Kippur (1973) onwards . . . a readable, well researched and well-presented book." -Army Rumour Service (ARRSE) Anti-aircraft artillery truly came into prominence during the Second World War, shooting down more aircraft than any other weapon and seriously affecting the conduct of air operations. Development continued into the Cold War, resulting in the extensive introduction of surface-to-air missiles, or SAMs. Though the first combat success of such weapons was during the Vietnam War, when a Soviet-designed S-75 Dvina missile shot down a USAF F-4C Phantom on 24 July 1965, it was the Yom Kippur War of 1973 which brought surface-to-air missiles to the center stage. During this short but bitter conflict, Egyptian and Syrian air defenses shot down nearly fifty Israeli aircraft in the first three days alone-almost a fourth of Israel's entire combat aircraft fleet. In all, Israel lost 104 aircraft during the war and, for the first time, more aircraft were lost to SAMs than any other cause. The age of surface-to-air missiles had dawned. In this unique examination, the author details the development of not just surface-to-air missiles, but all anti-aircraft artillery, since 1972. The part that such equipment played in all of the major conflicts since then is explored, including the Soviet Afghan War, the Falklands War, in which Rapier was deployed, the conflict in Lebanon, Kosovo and Bosnia, the Gulf War, OperationDesert Stormin 1991, and OperationIraqi Freedomin 1993. The investigation is brought right up to date by a study of the weapons, tactics and engagements seen in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526762054
• Artikelnr.: 60862610

Autorenporträt

COLONEL MANDEEP SINGH is a professional air defence gunner with over thirty-three years of experience. A regular contributor to _Indian Defence Review_ and _Delhi Defence Review_, Colonel Singh is also the author of _Baptism Under Fire_, which examines the role of air defence artillery in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\. He maintains a blog entitled _Ack Ack: All about Air Defence_, which can be seen at: www.airdefence.in