College Eye: Lockheed Ec-121 Warning Star and Related Technology in the Vietnam War, 1967-1972

by Sergio Santana

During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the National Security Agency (NSA) of the USA realized that it was capable of reading transmissions emitted by SRO-2 identification friend or foe (IFF) transponders carried by Soviet-made combat aircraft airborne over Cuba.

After several years of development work, the resulting technology was installed in the form of the QRC-248 enemy IFF-interrogator system into Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star airborne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912866323
• ISBN13: 9781912866328
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 72 Pages