Military - Weapons - General & Miscellaneous, Russia & Former Soviet Union - Air Forces, Russia & Former Soviet Union - Armed Forces, Military Aviation - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Among the best-selling aviation titles of recent years have been Midland's Lutwaffe and British Secret Projects series. Soviet secret projects now come under the spotlight. This first volume covers bomber concepts from the various design bureaus from the 1940s onwards. Many unusual and sophisticated aircraft are featured in these pages, allowing comparisons between what the Soviets were working on and what was being produced in the West during that period.Synopsis
8-1/2 x 11 192 pgs 260 b&w & color photos 16 pages of scale drawings This new book examines the development of different classes of weapons carried by Soviet/Russian aircraft. One chapter is devoted to cannons, while others cover missiles developed by various design bureaus, including the now-famous Vympel, Raduga and Zvezda companies -- air-to-air missiles, from the Mikoyan KS-1 anti-shipping missile of the mid-1950s to 'smart weapons' of today, such as the laser-guided Raduga Kh-29L and TV-guided Kh-29T. Due attention is also paid to unguided rockets, bombs (including guided bombs) and assorted gun pods, submunitions dispensers and podded target designator/guidance systems associated with some of the air-to-ground munitions.
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2005
Publisher
Allan, Ian Publishing
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781857801880