Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Hjem
Kategorier
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
FAQ
Konto
Kontakt
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Sent 20. århundrede, 1950 til 1999
  3. 1960 til 1969
Chrome Dome 1960–68
- The B-52s' high-stakes Cold War nuclear operation
Af: Peter E. Davies
Engelsk Paperback
Se mere i:
Chrome Dome 1960–68
- The B-52s' high-stakes Cold War nuclear operation
Af: Peter E. Davies
Engelsk Paperback
Paperback
256 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage
Om denne bog

In 1960, SAC’s B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War’s most challenging operations was conceived and flown.

Operation Chrome Dome was Strategic Air Command''s unprecedented nuclear deterrence operation, a hugely elaborate and costly response to the perceived nuclear missile threat from the Soviet Union.

In this book, Cold War aviation historian Peter E. Davies explains how for eight years, Chrome Dome required 12 B-52 Stratofortresses to maintain a ceaseless airborne alert within striking distance of Soviet targets, orbiting over the Mediterranean and north of Alaska. Each bomber stayed aloft for 24 hours, flying for around 10,000 miles until relieved by another. In each cockpit a top-secret Combat Mission Folder contained details of the routes and procedures for a nuclear attack on a pre-determined Soviet target.

Dramatic and controversial, the years of unrelenting Chrome Dome missions saw several B-52 crashes and losses of nuclear weapons, most famously those in Greenland and off the Spanish coast. Drawing on first-hand information from the personnel who flew and supported these gargantuan efforts, and packed with archive photos, superb new artwork, maps and diagrams, this book offers an authoritative history of how SAC flew its most challenging operation of the Cold War.

Vis mere
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
96
ISBN-13:
9781472860545
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472860543
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
18 jul 2024
Længde:
7mm
Bredde:
185mm
Højde:
248mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
18 jul 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge