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An illustrated study of aerial electronic combat in the age of the Surface-to-Air Missile. It describes the evolution of American anti-radar weapons, related jamming tactics and stealth technology as leading countermeasures to the SAM and other sophisticated ground-base anti-aircraft defences. The focus is very much on new weapons and tactics as they emerged in combat, beginning with the Vietnam War and later the Persian Gulf and more recent Balkans conflicts. Combining an analytical overview of the weapons systems mixed with first-hand anecdotal reminiscences from former air and ground crews, this complex story is explained in an accessible manner, with the "hows and whys" of aerial electronic combat given a full airing.

Anthony Thornborough spent his childhood at operational and training bases, and later the commercial aircraft world. He is the author of over twenty aviation titles and lives in Bristol. Frank B. Mormillo is an American aviation photographer in California. He previously collaborated with Tony on Wild Weasels. (Osprey, 1992)