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Soviet/Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Red Star Vol. 20 Paperback – August 24, 2005

by Yefim Gordon (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1857801934 ISBN-10: 1857801938 Edition: 1st

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While Soviet combat aircraft have received extensive coverage, the many UAVs developed in the Soviet Union and, more recently, Russia remain unsung. Nevertheless, this is a subject deserving attention. The first Soviet UAV to find large-scale use was the La-17 developed by the Lavochkin OKB, a fighter maker of World War II fame; it came in both target drone and reconnaissance versions. The Tupolev OKB, best known for its heavy bombers and commercial aircraft, also had a line of UAVs of varying size. The first of these was the Tu-123 Yastreb which started life as a heavy cruise missile but evolved into a supersonic unmanned spyplane; the book also describes the Tu-141 Strizh (Swift), which again came in reconnaissance and target versions, the Tu-243 Reys (Flight) and the latest Tu-300 recce/strike UAV. The Yakovlev OKB's unmanned aircraft are also covered, including the Pchela (Bee) surveillance UAV which has seen operational use in the Chechen wars; mention is also made of UAVs and drones developed by such companies as Strela and the Moscow Aviation Institute. The book is richly illustrated with black-and-white and color photos, including until-now unpublished ones, and line drawings.

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Midland Publishing Ltd.; 1st edition (August 24, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1857801938
ISBN-13: 978-1857801934
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,664,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Yefim Gordon is one of Russia’s leading aviation writers and publishers. He is the author of many books on Soviet aviation and currently lives in Moscow.

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An excellent book about a very specific subject

By Kemal Burak Codur on November 23, 2006

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As the name implies, the subject of Soviet / Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is solely past, current and future UAV projects of USSR and Russia. Although it is easier to find information about western systems on the Internet, the case for USSR / Russian systems is not the same. Yefim Gordon informs the reader about brief history of each project, with technically rich descriptions of the vehicles at the end of each project section. I am not an aerospace engineer, but it was easy to understand the technical descriptions.

The book includes excellent pictures and descriptive cutaway drawings of the vehicles. There is also approximately 20 page long photo galley at the end of the book. As for today (November 2006), it is not possible to find most of these pictures anywhere on the Internet.

Personally I found the history of USSR UAV projects very interesting and different from western counterparts. Reading of the book was a real fun.

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By John M. Leonard on December 6, 2013

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This book covered a little known area of Soviet military equipment. I found it to be interesting. It contains 127 pages.

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