{"product_id":"norad-and-the-soviet-nuclear-threat-canadaas-secret-electronic-air-war-9781459704107","title":"Norad and the Soviet Nuclear Threat: Canadaas Secret Electronic Air War","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat\u003c\/i\u003e is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world of NORAD, the joint Canadian-American North American Air Defence network. Ride along with the aircrew in their cockpit as they fight an electronic joust in the skies. Go deep underground to the Command Centre as the Air Weapons controllers plot the air war on their radar screens. Visit the radar sites deep in the Canadian bush as they struggle to provide the radar data for an electronic air battle happening overhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn actual NORAD exercise on 10 May 1973, called Amalgam Mute, is used as an example. This exercise tested that NORAD was honouring its motto: Deter, Detect, Destroy, and was protecting North America from aerial threat. There is an extensive explanation of the aircraft, squadrons, weapons, radar, and radar sites involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded are two personal accounts of the first interception of a Soviet \"Bear\" bomber off the coast of Canada, and the first Canadian fighter interceptor pilot to win the coveted United States Air Force \"Top Gun\" award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459704107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Gordon A. a. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651758583964,"sku":"9781459704107","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d5290bc7-aa1e-4eb3-a68d-44c7c3900d50.jpg?v=1603878296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/norad-and-the-soviet-nuclear-threat-canadaas-secret-electronic-air-war-9781459704107","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}