The Blue Skies Podcast
The Blue Skies Podcast is an unofficial podcast on the men, women, machines and operations of the Indian Air Force in particular and Indian military aviation in general. Every week, we'll put you in the cockpit with an experienced military aviator.
The Blue Skies Podcast
Anil Kumar Ghosh: Understanding the SA-2 Dvina
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PR Ganapathy
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Season 2
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Episode 12
In this interview we change gears to understand now a Surface to Air Missile (SAM) or Surface to Air Guided Weapon (SAGW) works. In an interview with a past guest of the program, Gp. Capt. Anil Kumar ("Toots") Ghosh, who commanded an SA-2 Dvina unit, we understand the intricacies of ground based detection of hostile targets and defence against them.
Learn more about the SA-2 Dvina here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-75_Dvina