Dear Editor, I enjoyed RADM Dave Oliver’s story “Respect for Authority – Overrated?” (THE SUBMARINE REVIEW, August 2015 issue, page 116) very much. There is…
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ON PATROL WITH RATS
In the early days of the SSBN Polaris Patrols each crew was assigned a medical officer. They were good shipmates and provided some interesting interactions…
THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY A PERSPECTIVE FROM A FORMER JUNIOR OFFICER
The author is a former NROTC scholarship officer, qualified in submarines and nuclear power. He served in the 1960’s, qualifying on USS BONEFISH (SS-582) and…
SUBMARINE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Reprinted with permission from AMI HOT NEWS, an internet publication AMI International, PO Box 30, Bremerton, Washington, 98337. From the September 2015 Issue TAIWAN –…
APPARENT FAILURE MODE OF THE PRESSURE-HULL OF THE ISRAELI (INS) SUBMARINE DAKAR
Bruce Rule, for 42 years, has been the lead acoustic analyst at the Office of Naval Intelligence. In 2003, he wrote the Navy position-paper on…
THE CASE FOR A USS LEVERING SMITH
Owen R. Cote, Jr. is the Associate Director of the MIT Security Studies Program (SSP), and Harvey M. Sapolsky is Professor Emeritus at MIT and…
NO “COLD WAR TO END ALL COLD WARS” – PART 1
Joe Buff is a novelist with several submarine-related books to his credit. He is also a frequent technical/political-military contributor to THE SUBMARINE REVIEW Executive Summary…
IS THE U.S. NAVY TOO SMALL?
This report is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research…
FEATURES – STATEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON “GAME CHANGERS – UNDERSEA WARFARE” OCTOBER 27, 2015 STATEMENT BY BRYAN CLARK, SENIOR FELLOW, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS
Today the U.S. Navy is dominant in undersea warfare. Its quiet submarines can operate with near-impunity throughout the world’s oceans and most littoral waters. Its…
U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES: BACKGROUND, DEVELOPMENTS, AND ISSUES (Excerpts)
Summary Even though the United States plans to reduce the number of warheads deployed on its long range missiles and bombers, consistent with the terms…
