[Milsurplus] OT: Chilling B-52 Radio Traffic from OperationLinebacker II

[mac]

Worked with some crows back during that period who old me that jamming  
the guidance uplink to the SA-2s was very effective, the North  
Vietnamese were essentially reduced to using them like anti-aircraft  
artillery.  .  Evasive action was possible too.  You could see them  
coming, they had a bright plume and  were big (looked like telephone  
poles being thrown at you).  Shoot up enough of them, though, and  
you'll get some hits which they did.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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> All -
>
> Ed -Thanks for the explanation of uplink,  Question still un  
> resolved in
> my mind how blind were the SAM's if the uplink was jammed?  Yet still
> some "lucky" shots brought down or damaged a few planes in a flight,
> WERE there "backup" sensors like the old WW style proximity fuse?  Or
> did the NVA ground radar have enough precision to point and shoot,  
> like
> bird hunting, assuming the target would not change coarse or speed to
> evade collision.