Buy this book on-line TAYLOR, JOHN W.R & MONDEY, DAVID: : SPIES IN THE SKYLONDON.IAN ALLAN,1972. ISBN 0711004048.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped protected
dw/dj.Slight dust-soiled top edge,fore- edge slightly foxed and grubbed.Contents solid,sound and clean apart from some foxing to introduction page.Pictorial illustrated dw/dj.Blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,128pp includes 48pp b/w photographs and an index.
From Balloons to Bears,Scouts to Satellites,'Spies in the Sky' traces a fascinating story of men,machines,infra- red 'eyes' and electronic 'ears' that maintain an uneasy but universally desired
state of peace.They search out new rocket sites and military activities on the ground,a hundred miles below,while listening and learning about the types of radio and radar equipment which hold the key to the defensive capability of the
'other side'.Those sophisticated spies in the sky are more to be admired than feared.Before they attained their present standards of efficiency,aircraft,packed with similar equipment,had already uncovered a missile build-up in Cuba and supplied information which persuaded the owners of the missiles to withdraw them.
'Spies in the Sky' does not attempt to relate the history of aerial reconnaissance,but tells in an exciting and highly readable manner its expanding scope and highlights the techniques that have done much to prevent a third major war.
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