The HAWK Air Defense Missile System

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Marc Romanych is a retired US Army combat arms officer. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from St. Mary's University. He has co-authored several books on World War I and II artillery and fortifications for Osprey Publishing.

Zusammenfassung

Both authors have significant knowledge and expertise of the usage and deployment of the HAWK system, having served in HAWK battalions.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
- Basic HAWK - the 1960s
- Self-Propelled HAWK - the early 1970s
- Improved HAWK - the 1970s
- Product Improvement Program - the 1980s
- Post-Cold War - the 1990s
SYSTEM OPERATION
- Unit organization
- Operations
OPERATIONAL HISTORY
- Panama
- Korea
- Okinawa and the Far East
- Florida and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Vietnam
- Germany and Cold War Europe
- Middle East and the Gulf War
- US-based battalions
LEGACY OF THE HAWK MISSILE SYSTEM
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	ab 1949
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472852212
ISBN-10:	1472852214
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Scott, Jacqueline Romanych, Marc
Illustrator:	Cano Rodriguez, Irene
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	243 x 182 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Jacqueline Scott (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.08.2022
Gewicht:	0,168 kg

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