Long-range missile-equipped
Subtitle: a Soviet view
By: author, B. A. Vasilʹyev ; translated by the DGIS Multilingual Section, Translation Bureau, Secretary of State Department, Ottawa, Canada.
Series: Soviet military thought ;; [15]
Publisher: U.S. Air Force; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: [Washington]; Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Soviet Union. Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily. -- History.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Soviet.
Description: "Major General of Aviation Vasil'yev ... traces in detail the history of Soviet long-range aviation from its inception up to 1972. He discusses the development of the force from the early days of the Il'ya Muromets bomber to the modern-day super-sonic jet bombers. He describes the evolution of the organizational structure of the bomber arm of the Soviet Air Force from the Civil War period to modern times. A great deal of attention is of course devoted to bomber operations during the Great Patriotic War ... Unfortunately, what could be called the 'modern era' of Soviet long-range aviation (the post-1967 period) is not covered in depth in this book"--Page vii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of Dalʹni͡a︡i͡a︡, raketonosnai͡a︡.