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The HAWK Air Defense Missile System (Paperback) Loot Price: R323
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The HAWK Air Defense Missile System (Paperback): Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott

The HAWK Air Defense Missile System (Paperback)

Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott; Illustrated by Irene Cano Rodriguez

Series: New Vanguard

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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.

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Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: New Vanguard
Release date: August 2022
Authors: Marc Romanych • Jacqueline Scott
Illustrators: Irene Cano Rodriguez
Dimensions: 248 x 184 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-5221-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Military engineering > Ordnance, weapons technology
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 1-4728-5221-4
Barcode: 9781472852212

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