Description
Following its first publication in 1972, Missiles of the World has taken its place alongside its companion volumes Military Aircraft of the World and Civil Aircraft of the World as an established standard compact reference work. Translated into several languages, it is used by professional people and by the world-wide legions of amateurs for whom weaponry is an absorbing hobby.Many changes have taken place since the second edition went to press. Old and familiar names have disappeared from inventories: Falcon AIM-26, Frog-1 and 2, Hound Dog, Nike Ajax, 'Saddler', 'Sark', 'Sasin', 'Scrubber', 'Scud-A', Sea Killer Mk1, Sergeant and Thunderbird while the greatest advances in operational deployment of new missiles has, as might be expected, come from the Soviet Union. Such is the capability and throw weight of the latest Soviet strategic missiles that, according to the US Department of Defense, the currently deployed US Minutemen sites are extremely vulnerable to 'first strike' destruction. Meanwhile a SALT II agreement is still under negotiation.Missiles of the World, in its third edition, provides the hard facts that lie behind the SALT talks. With many new photographs that have never been seen before, and considerable updating, it will provide an up-to-the-minute reference book for anyone interested in missile development and deployment. ISBN:9780711009950
