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Lockheed SR-71 Operations in the Far East

出版	Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-01-20
主題	History / Military / Aviation & SpaceHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / GeneralHistory / Military / General
ISBN	14728005599781472800558
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-FOICwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A detailed history of the Lockheed SR-71, the fastest and highest-flying jet ever built, written by the world's leading expert on the aircraft and packed with first-hand accounts and colour profiles.

Even before the first operational flight of the U-2 spy plane, aircraft designers began work on the type's replacement. The result was the SR-71. First deployed on March 9, 1968, this tri-sonic 'hotrod' flew its first operational sortie over North Vietnam just 12 days later. Thereafter, the SR-71 roamed freely, capturing photographic, radar and electronic intelligence.

This book examines the impact this aircraft had, not only on North Vietnam but during the Cold War as a whole, gathering information about the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet based in Vladivostok as well as the port's defenses, monitoring the actions of North Korea and flying four 11-hour, non-stop sorties into the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.