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Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War

Categorie	Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer	#366654-XM1
Titel	Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War
Auteur	Hampshire, Edward
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Oxford :Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2018
ISBN10	1472824997
ISBN13	9781472824998
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with b/w and colour photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting	The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United States. By the late 1960s, however, submarine-launched ballistic missiles made the nuclear land-attack mission unnecessary, so existing classes were converted to the 'carrier killer' role, armed with anti-ship cruise missiles designed to destroy US super-carriers and other important naval targets. This fully illustrated study examines these powerful machines that were some of the largest and fastest submarines ever built. If war had broken out, they would have been at the forefront of the Soviet Nav... (Lees verder)y's campaign to destroy NATO's sea power and cut America's sea link with Europe.
Pagina's	48
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 9,00

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