Hi,
The photo dates back to 1972, specifically November, when the American
aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy approached the Egyptian coast. The Tupolev
Tu-16 strategic bomber came out and approached it closely, flying over the
aircraft carrier. A Phantom F4 fighter from the carrier was...
In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...
1972
air defence
battlefield air defence
cold war
democratic republic of vietnam
early 1970s
eastern bloc
north vietnam
north vietnamese army
people's army of vietnam
soviet union
spaam
surface-to-air missile
vietnam war
warsaw pact
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