Wild Weasel Fighter Attack: The Story of the Suppression of Enemy Air Defences

by Thomas Withington

Detecting and destroying enemy Surface-to-Air Missiles (S.A.M.) and radar is arguably the most dangerous mission that any pilot can undertake. Tactics differ with air forces, but the general principal is to fly a formation of aircraft into an area where the enemy's air defenses are strong, wait for their radar to illuminate the aircraft and then launch a volley of anti-radiation missiles to destroy the radar and thus blind the S.A.M. and air defenses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844156680
• ISBN13: 9781844156689
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.3"