Acknowledgements ... 6 Introduction ... 7 A Personal Prologue... 8 1 X-rays and the Evolution of the Threat... 9 2 Lethal Confetti: Air Defence Artillery ... 16 3 Caelum Tuemar: We Watch over the Skies ... 31 4 We're not Defending the Bloody French!... 51 5 Catch a Falling Star: Anti-Ballistic Missiles ... 72 6 Achieving a K-Kill: Weapons against Aircraft ... 91 7 Force Multipliers: Top-ups and Tip-offs ... 107 8 The 1950s Terminal Event: Sandys, F.115 and Under-the-Counter Fighters ... 138 9 Two Decades of Certainty: 1957 Onwards ... 159 10 Tornado ADV: A Merely Symbolic Force or Flying Battleship? ... 178 Conclusion... 202 Epilogue ... 203 Appendix... 204 Glossary of terms ... 205 Selected bibliography ... 206 Index ... 207
In 1978 his interest in aircraft took Chris Gibson into the Royal Observer Corps where he represented his group, area and country in aircraft recognition competitions between 1980 and 1991. On the standing down of the ROC in 1991, Chris began researching historical aviation and has written several books on un-built projects, particularly guided weapons.
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