2017-№4 (57) Article 8

Agarev A.F.

A New Stage in the Development of Aircraft Radiolocation Stations in the 1960s. P.70- 75.

UDC 621.396.969.3«196»

The paper treats underinvestigated aspects of the Cold War, focusing on the improvement of military aircraft technology at the background of the indirect confrontation between the two superpow-ers,

the USSR and the USA.

The paper maintains that the incident with a United States U-2 spy plane flown by Gary Powers, which was shot down while in Soviet airspace, proved that it was almost impossible to avoid detection by Russian air defense systems even at high altitudes and at high speeds. That is why the new head of the Ministry of Defense of the USA developed a new idea of undermining Russian air defense systems at the lowest possible altitude. The author maintains that it has triggered off similar reciprocal measures.

The paper also focuses on Viktor Belenko’s defection to Japan while flying his MiG-25 jet fight-er, an event which influenced the fate of the MiG-25 and the Soviet air defense system in general.

The Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to refurbish and modernize air defense systems. This decision marked a new epoch and a significant signpost in radar development. The Ryazan State Equipment Plant took part in the project.

 

Aviation, aircraft, airspace, air defense systems, Smerch-A, Sapphire-25.

 

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