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Thor Irbm: The United States and the United Kingdom in Partnership
John Boyes
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Description for Thor Irbm: The United States and the United Kingdom in Partnership
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-service rivalry followed before the US Air Force gained the upper hand in deploying the missile. The UK, keen to improve the 'special relationship' with the US which had suffered following the Suez Crisis agreed to accept 60 Thor missiles to be operated by RAF crews. Complex negotiations followed and once the twenty sites had been identified a considerable number of American personnel, both civilian and servicemen, crossed the ... Read more
In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-service rivalry followed before the US Air Force gained the upper hand in deploying the missile. The UK, keen to improve the 'special relationship' with the US which had suffered following the Suez Crisis agreed to accept 60 Thor missiles to be operated by RAF crews. Complex negotiations followed and once the twenty sites had been identified a considerable number of American personnel, both civilian and servicemen, crossed the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554814
SKU
V9781781554814
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Ref
99-5
About John Boyes
John Boyes, a chartered accountant, has had a lifelong interest in the development of early strategic missiles. His first book on Thor, a little understood aspect of RAF history, attracted wide interest. Following a visit to the US and further contacts made with a number of people involved with the project on both sides of the Atlantic this ... Read more
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