Ep.220 - Over Cold War Seas with Mike Napier

About this episode

Mike Napier discusses his book on Cold War naval aviation and the evolution of military aircraft technology.

In this episode we have Mike Napier back to talk about his latest book ‘ Over Cold War Seas - NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89’ - a fascinating review of Cold War naval aviation. Mike shares his approach to the topic, explains the evolution of naval technology and how the conflicting cold war scenario’s lead to new evolving aviation developments. And, of course there are aircraft galore. Some new, some well known and some not so well known or successful! predominantly in the northern hemisphere. Recorded 8th May 2025 Buy a copy from the Xtended Bookshop andsupport the podcast and a donation to local book shops in the UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781472865526 For photos and full show notes please visit: https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/

People in this episode

Guest: Mike Napier

Topics covered

• Cold War
• naval aviation
• military technology
• aviation history
• NATO
• Soviet Union

Keywords

• Cold War
• naval aviation
• military technology
• NATO
• Soviet Union
• aviation developments
• aircraft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xtended Bookshop

Books & works: Over Cold War Seas - NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89

Places: UK

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