Название: US Spy Satellites: 1959 onwards (all missions, all models)
Автор: David Baker
Издательство: Haynes Publishing
Серия: Owners' Workshop Manual
ISBN: 1785210866
Год издания: 2016
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 190
Формат: PDF
Размер: 175,1 MB

In 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik 1, the world’s first satellite, top-secret discussions were held in the United States to plan the development of military spy satellites, designed to obtain detailed photography of the Soviet Union’s military strength, and its potential for waging nuclear war.

Название: Air Gunner: The Men Who Manned the Turrets
Автор: Alan W.Cooper
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 184415825X
Год издания: 2009
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 342
Формат: PDF
Размер: 111,7 MB

There have been several books published about the wartime experiences of individual air gunners but there is no general history of Air Gunners, their equipment, training or service in the various RAF Commands in which they served. This book explains in great detail how and why the trade of air gunner was developed at the outset of World War II.

Название: Modern Fighters
Автор: Ray Bonds
Издательство: Prentice Hall Press
Серия: Combat Arms
ISBN: 0131513745
Год издания: 1988
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 80
Формат: PDF
Размер: 81,9 MB

Air-to-air combat planes from the Bae Sea Harrier to the Yakovlev Yak-38 are depicted in profile with a brief description of the abilities of each plane

Название: Czolg 7TP i Wyposazenie Cz.1 (Wielki Leksykon Uzbrojenia Wydanie Specjalne Tom 6)
Издательство: Edipresse Polska S.A.
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 122
Размер: 65 Mb
Язык: Polish

Czolg 7TP i Wyposazenie Cz.1

Название: The Complete History of British Battleships 1860-1906
Издательство: China Chang’an Publishing House
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 225
Размер: 100 Mb
Язык: Chinese

The Complete History of British Battleships 1860-1906

Название: India's Secret War: BSF and Nine Months to the Birth of Bangladesh
Автор: Ushinor Majumdar
Издательство: Penguin
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 328
Размер: 17,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Triggered by the US-backed Pakistani junta's brutal measures against the Bengalis, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed the independence of East Pakistan on 26 March 1971. They needed the world's support, and India was their first ally.

Название: Spinning History: Politics and Propaganda in World War II
Автор: Nathaniel Lande
Издательство: Skyhorse
ISBN: 151071586X
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 312
Размер: 8,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this fascinating book, more relevant than ever in today's political climate of "alternative facts," bestselling author and historian Nathaniel Lande explores the Great War at the heart of the twentieth century through the prism of theater. He presents the war as a drama that evolved and developed as it progressed, a production staged and overseen by four contrasting masters: Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, and Stalin.

Название: How to Build an Aircraft Carrier: The incredible story behind HMS Queen Elizabeth, the 60,000 ton star of BBC2's THE WARSHIP
Автор: Chris Terrill
Издательство: Penguin
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 480
Размер: 26,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sovereign British territory that's home to up to 50 Aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest ship in the Royal Navy's history and one of the most ambitious and exacting engineering projects ever undertaken in the UK.

Название: Guy Gibson and his Dambuster Crew
Автор: Charles Foster
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 1803992131
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 10,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Dams Raid is the RAF's most famous bombing operation of the Second World War, and Guy Gibson, who was in command, its most famous bomber pilot. Of the six men who made up his crew on the Dams Raid – two Canadians, an Australian and three Englishmen – only one had previously flown with him, but altogether the men had previously amassed more than 180 operations.

Название: English Electric Lightning: Genesis & Projects
Издательство: Tempest Books
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 152
Размер: 73 Mb
Язык: English

English Electric Lightning: Genesis & Projects