{"product_id":"9781472800558","title":"Lockheed SR-71 Operations in the Far East","description":"Even before the first operational flight of the U-2 spy plane, aircraft designers began work on the type's replacement. The result was the SR-71. First deployed on March 9, 1968, this tri-sonic 'hotrod' flew its first operational sortie over North Vietnam just 12 days later. Thereafter, the SR-71 roamed freely, capturing photographic, radar and electronic intelligence. This book examines the impact this aircraft had, not only on North Vietnam but during the Cold War as a whole, gathering information about the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet based in Vladivostok as well as the port's defenses, monitoring the actions of North Korea and flying four 11-hour, non-stop sorties into the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157206221040,"sku":"9781472800558","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472800558_p0.jpg?v=1763598820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472800558","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}