{"product_id":"soviet-cruise-missile-submarines-of-the-cold-war-9781472824998","title":"Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines, from the modified Whiskey to the Oscar II classes, were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United States. By the late 1960s, however, submarine-launched ballistic missiles made the nuclear land-attack mission unnecessary, so existing classes were converted to the carrier killer role, armed with antiship cruise missiles designed to destroy US super-carriers and other important naval targets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fully illustrated study examines these powerful machines that were some of the largest and fastest submarines ever built. If war had broken out, they would have been at the forefront of the Soviet Navy's campaign to destroy NATO's sea power and cut America's sea link with Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3912344\"\u003eEdward Hampshire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.20w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472824998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472824997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027150\"\u003eMilitary | Naval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS032000\"\u003eRussia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Hampshire\u003c\/b\u003e was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and King's College, London, where he gained a doctorate in War Studies in 2008. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Dr. Hampshire wrote his doctoral thesis on British naval technology of the 1960s, and he is currently researching British defense policy of the late 1970s and 1980s, in particular the 1981 Defence Review. His publications include \u003ci\u003eFrom East of Suez to the Eastern Atlantic, British Naval Policy 1964-70\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBritish Guided Missile Destroyers, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44544001245421,"sku":"9781472824998","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_21c950f6-d1f9-4289-bb42-bcae280bcec4.jpg?v=1701550365","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/soviet-cruise-missile-submarines-of-the-cold-war-9781472824998","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}