AFV Club Military 1/35 MIM23 Hawk Surface-to-Air Missile Kit

During World War II, Germany was suffering from the Allies’ intensive strategic bombing. To shoot down a B-17 bomber by ground anti-aircraft weapons needed an average of 2,805 shots by 88 guns. At this time, military aircraft were entering the jet engine power era from propeller engines. The air defense system formed by traditional artillery failed to meet the future air defense demand in encounters with aircraft of greater speed and altitude. In order to destroy the target in the air at a greater distance, Germany, the United Kingdom & the United States began the study of a ground-to-air missile in the late war period.In 1954 after the war, the Nike Ajax was the first surface-to-air missile which entered service in the United States. It was designed to attack entire formations of a bomber flying at high altitudes. However, it was not able to withstand the high-speed aircraft flying at medium and low altitudes which would accompany ground force in the Cold War. In order to meet the