{"product_id":"coalition-aircraft-vs-iraqi-sams","title":"COALITION AIRCRAFT vs IRAQI SAMs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA detailed study of how Operation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesert Storm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esaw Coalition forces respond to Iraq's surface-to-air missile defences with ground-breaking combat aircraft technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeveloped in the wake of the USA's ill-prepared entry into the Vietnam War, aircraft carrying electronic counter-measures equipment and anti-radar missiles were crucial to the success of Operation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesert Storm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eduring the First Gulf War. Iraq's air defence systems were elaborate and costly, but also well understood by Coalition planners, and its surface-to-air missile batteries struggled in the face of radar jamming, pyrotechnic deflection of infrared guidance and extraordinarily effective destruction of enemy air defences weapons like the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by aviation expert Peter E Davies, this fascinating study uses newly commissioned artwork to enhance its retelling of how aircraft and weapons, as well as crew training and command-and-control structures, proved decisive in the outcome of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesert Storm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1991. Archive photos capture examples of the principal weapons involved, while first-hand accounts from Coalition aircrew and planners convey the realities of a conflict in which cutting-edge technology played an inestimable role.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games and Stuff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50247601357046,"sku":"OSPDUE011","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3303\/7465\/files\/9781472866011.png?v=1775154499","url":"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/products\/coalition-aircraft-vs-iraqi-sams","provider":"Games and Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}