NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat Canada's Secret Electronic Air War

Name: NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat Canada's Secret Electronic Air War
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ISBN: 9781459704107

ISBN-10: 145970410X

ISBN-13: 9781459704107

Edition: 2011

Authors: Gordon A. A. Wilson

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NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threatis 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…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 3/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Gordon A.A. Wilson immigrated to Canada in 1965 to take the aeronautical engineering course. Deciding to "fly 'em rather than build 'em," he joined the Canadian Forces in 1968 as a pilot. He flew a tour with 414 Electronic Warfare Squadron to exercise and test the systems of the North American Air (now Aerospace) Defense Command (NORAD). Wilson lives near Vancouver, British Columbia.



Acknowledgements


Foreword


Prologue



The Cold War



North American Air Defence Command (NORAD)



Radar and Electronic "warfare



Canadian Radar Network



McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo



Fighter Squadrons



Avro CF-100 Canuck



Target Squadrons



Sparks in the Night Sky


Epilogue


Conversion Table


Sources


Index