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The Collectors
By Kevin Wright
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Description
Enormous resources were committed to these operations and they shaped the structure of much modern military intelligence collection, analysis and sharing. This book explores their scope, conduct, plus the politics and new technologies behind these operations that started in the dying embers of World War Two. It examines how these often complex missions were planned, coordinated and flown and is supported by firsthand accounts from pilots, aircrews and intelligence analysts. It utilizes recently declassified British and US archive material and is illustrated with a wide range of images.
The author examines European and Far East operations and a number of topics not previously covered in depth elsewhere. These include authorization and coordination arrangements for conduct of overflight and peripheral missions; plus the part played by key third party states in operations in Scandinavia, Turkey and others. He looks at why Tyuratam complex was of such major intelligence interest and details the many resources targeted against it. He looks at some of the less explored elements of U-2 operations, including British involvement, plus the development of powerful lenses intended to enable very long range peripheral photography and why the long mythologized 'Kapustin Yar' overflight probably never took place with new details and analysis.
This comprehensive book links together the realities of flying, advanced technology and politics to provide a detailed and illustrated examination of Cold War aerial intelligence collection.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
328
Release Date:
2019-05-16
Publication Date:
2019-05-16
Publisher:
Helion & Company
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1912390809
ISBN13:
9781912390809
Weight:
519 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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