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9781459704107 English 145970410X "NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat" is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the aircrew in their cockpit as they fight an electronic joust in the skies. Go deep underground to the Command Centre as the Air Weapons controllers plot the air war on their radar screens. Visit the radar sites deep in the Canadian bush as they struggle to provide the radar data for an electronic air battle happening overhead.An actual NORAD exercise on 10 May 1973, called Amalgam Mute, is used as an example. This exercise tested that NORAD was honouring its motto: Deter, Detect, Destroy, and was protecting North America from aerial threat. There is an extensive explanation of the aircraft, squadrons, weapons, radar, and radar sites involved.Included are two personal accounts of the first interception of a Soviet "Bear" bomber off the coast of Canada, and the first Canadian fighter interceptor pilot to win the coveted United States Air Force "Top Gun" award., Explore the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the aircrew in their cockpit as they fight an electronic joust in the skies. Go deep underground to the Command Centre as the Air Weapons controllers plot the air war on their radar screens. Visit the radar sites deep in the Canadian bush as they struggle to provide the radar data for an electronic air battle happening overhead. An actual NORAD exercise on 10 May 1973, called Amalgam Mute, is used as an example. This exercise tested that NORAD was honouring its motto: Deter, Detect, Destroy, and was protecting North America from aerial threat. There is an extensive explanation of the aircraft, squadrons, weapons, radar, and radar sites involved. Included are two personal accounts of the first interception of a Soviet "Bear" bomber off the coast of Canada, and the first Canadian fighter interceptor pilot to win the coveted United States Air Force "Top Gun" award., NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. Author Gordon Wilson takes readers inside the top-secret world of the Air Weapons Controllers Underground Complex and the fighter interceptor cockpit as a crew attempts to destroy an attacking pseudo-Soviet bomber force during a military exercise. The book features an extensive review of the radar systems, aircraft, weapons, and command centres involved in the Amalgam Mute Exercise of May 10, 1973. Wilson has compiled a number of personal accounts to give readers insight into how NORAD's systems were tested to ensure that North America was kept safe from aerial invasion. Included in NORADis the first intercept of a Soviet Bear bomber off the coast of Canada in 1968 and the story of the pilot of the first Canadian crew to win the coveted United States Air Force NORAD Top Gun Award in 1972.
9781459704107 English 145970410X "NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat" is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the aircrew in their cockpit as they fight an electronic joust in the skies. Go deep underground to the Command Centre as the Air Weapons controllers plot the air war on their radar screens. Visit the radar sites deep in the Canadian bush as they struggle to provide the radar data for an electronic air battle happening overhead.An actual NORAD exercise on 10 May 1973, called Amalgam Mute, is used as an example. This exercise tested that NORAD was honouring its motto: Deter, Detect, Destroy, and was protecting North America from aerial threat. There is an extensive explanation of the aircraft, squadrons, weapons, radar, and radar sites involved.Included are two personal accounts of the first interception of a Soviet "Bear" bomber off the coast of Canada, and the first Canadian fighter interceptor pilot to win the coveted United States Air Force "Top Gun" award., Explore the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the aircrew in their cockpit as they fight an electronic joust in the skies. Go deep underground to the Command Centre as the Air Weapons controllers plot the air war on their radar screens. Visit the radar sites deep in the Canadian bush as they struggle to provide the radar data for an electronic air battle happening overhead. An actual NORAD exercise on 10 May 1973, called Amalgam Mute, is used as an example. This exercise tested that NORAD was honouring its motto: Deter, Detect, Destroy, and was protecting North America from aerial threat. There is an extensive explanation of the aircraft, squadrons, weapons, radar, and radar sites involved. Included are two personal accounts of the first interception of a Soviet "Bear" bomber off the coast of Canada, and the first Canadian fighter interceptor pilot to win the coveted United States Air Force "Top Gun" award., NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. Author Gordon Wilson takes readers inside the top-secret world of the Air Weapons Controllers Underground Complex and the fighter interceptor cockpit as a crew attempts to destroy an attacking pseudo-Soviet bomber force during a military exercise. The book features an extensive review of the radar systems, aircraft, weapons, and command centres involved in the Amalgam Mute Exercise of May 10, 1973. Wilson has compiled a number of personal accounts to give readers insight into how NORAD's systems were tested to ensure that North America was kept safe from aerial invasion. Included in NORADis the first intercept of a Soviet Bear bomber off the coast of Canada in 1968 and the story of the pilot of the first Canadian crew to win the coveted United States Air Force NORAD Top Gun Award in 1972.