Missile Attack on U.S. F-16s - Military Weapons Art

Missile Attack on U.S. F-16s
by Edward L. Cooper, 1985

The Soviets deployed numerous strategic and tactical air defense assets in the 1980s that improved capabilities against aircraft flying at medium and high altitudes. The SA-12 missile, shown here tracking U.S. F-16 FALCONs, was capable of intercepting aircraft at high altitudes.