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Postwar Air Weapons: 1945-Present (Essential Weapons Identification Guides) Hardcover – August 1, 2011

by Thomas Newdick (Author)

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The Essential Weapon Identification Guide: Postwar Air Weapons is a highly illustrated guide to the air-launched weapons used by the world's armed forces since World War II, outlining their capabilities, deployment, and use in combat. This compact volume includes every major weapon currently employed by the world's air forces today, from the 250-pound (113-kg) Small Diameter Bomb employed by US forces in Afghanistan, to the Russian/Indian Brahmos cruise missile currently being tested.Also featured are major types in use since World War II, including the US Tomahawk cruise missile and the Soviet-era AA-6 Acrid air-to-air missile. Organized by type of weapon and within this by country of origin, the book offers a comprehensive survey of air-launched weaponry in the modern era, including examples produced by the US, Russia, China, Sweden, the UK and France. Individual sections detail the weapons used by forces fighting in current and recent conflicts including Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Georgia. All the key air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons are featured, including variations of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, the various types of JDAM employed by US forces, and a wide range of Russian guided missiles and bombs.Also featured are the various ECM, targeting and navigation pods which form a key part of modern air warfare. Packed with more than 200 full-color artworks and photographs with exhaustive specifications, The Essential Weapon Identification Guide: Modern Air-Launched Weapons is a key reference guide for military modelers and aviation enthusiasts.

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An aviation and defence writer and editor, Thomas Newdick is based in Germany, from where he has researched and written numerous articles for various specialist magazines and journals examining aviation – both military and civilian, 20th century military history, and defence technology. He is a regular contributor to Combat Aircraft and Aircraft Illustrated magazines. He is on the editorial staff of both Guideline Publications and Aeroplane.

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Casemate Publishers (August 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1907446591
ISBN-13: 978-1907446597
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Average Customer Review: 15 customer reviews
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Best book on the subject so far

ByHaubrechts Patrickon November 25, 2011

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

The title should rather read: Postwar Air-launched Weapons.

The booksize is 25x20 cm, a bit unsual. This book has an excellent print quality, a very dense text, although the font size seems a bit too big, especially compared with the Spec tables.

The quality of the colored drawings of the missiles is outstanding. Each device has a Specification table, which unfortunatly misses the manufacturing country and company, as well as the yield for nuclear free fall bombs, those data having to be found inside the main text.

One of the highlight is a 6 pages index in very small prints, extremely detailed and complete, as well as a glossary, a must to read this kind of text, heavily relying on acronyms.

The book is organized in 7 chapters, by weapon type and chronologically, each chapter also account for the combat results, when applicable. This is a rare feature. This data is presented as detailed 'kill' tables, most of the time having each fighting side represented, except for the 6 days war, Yom Kippur, where some adverse kills are mentionned in the text, but no complete table is shown. This prevents a good aprehension of the relative efficiency of each side's weaponry in this instance.

One must keep in mind that only air-launched missiles are referred to in this book, excuding all ground-launched ones or submarine-launched ones.

A reference book worth to have.

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Worth the wait!

ByJ. Chowon May 4, 2011

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Hi amazonians!

I have been looking for a book on this subject for decades! Finally, it has arrived and it is a comprehensive and well organized work about the important and major air delivered weapons since 1945. To my knowledge, this is currently the only book of its kind available, so I cannot draw any comparisons. I am very satisfied. This book is fun to read, and the featured weapons have data specifications that include: weapon length, fuselage diameter, wingspan, launch weight, warhead weight/type, range, speed, powerplant, guidance system. The text of the book covers development history, how the specific weapons were used, how they worked, and what nations used them during what conflicts. Plus the extra interesting stuff like nuclear yields, kill charts, and beautiful drawings. ALL IN ONE BOOK! The book is divided into categories: AAM (air to air), ASM (air to surface), AShM (anti-ship), AT (anti-tank), Bombs, and air-launched rockets; and each section moves along historically, covering each period (wars). I am more than halfway through this book, and I just LoL. I recommend! Thnx.

Sincerely
carpodacus

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Great for information

ByWillon July 4, 2014

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Great for information, data and illustrations for bombs, anti-tank, air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. Includes both the earliest semi-experimental examples of AAMs and smart munitions as well as bleeding edge equipment. My only gripe is the complete lack of coverage on aerial guns which involved just as much in the postwar period.

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The book is extremely disappointing in that it isn't consistent ...

ByMr. Eon August 16, 2016

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The book is extremely disappointing in that it isn't consistent in which statistics it includes for each weapon of the same type or even the measurement unit. For example one missile's speed is measured in km per hour, another feet per second and another in nautical miles. You'd think that a reference book would be consistent in those matters but not so here. It's kind of lazy.

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Exceptional!

ByIvoon September 25, 2012

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This book not only fills in a gap that has existed for years, but also gives detailed info about the hardware, the conflicts it was used in, and the countries that make it. One can see the different types of weapons, the advancement over the years and how far in development have the different countries advanced. I recommend this book to anyone who is into these things. It is a 'must have' because so far, it is the only book out on that topic. Enough has been written about planes, ships, armor, arms, etc, but never about missiles, rockets and bombs.

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"Postwar Air Weapons": A Good Tool For Users And A Nice Desk Refeerence Book

ByTacit_Blueon August 9, 2013

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"Postwar Air Weapons" has proven to be a useful addition to my library. Sadly, the only mark against the book is on the dust jacket -- front left-hand upper corner. A missile is identified as a AS-11 antiradar missile but is the AS.11 antitank missile. The photographs tend to be fault-free, most of the drawings are good (except as noted), technical data appear right on target, and the descriptions of the various air weapons are good. I am fussy about accuracy, but I still like this book. You will too.

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Filling a need

ByEng Luis A. Tavareson June 13, 2011

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This book fills I think a need felt by all aviation enthusiasts in what concerns a readily available book with the necessary information, and easy to find, about all kind of air launched waepons.
Further, and very interestingly, also mentions their use in actual combat conditions with the results obtained in terms of shot down targets . All in all a very useful guide