FROM THE PRESIDENT I have frequently discussed the educational mission of the Naval Submarine League and its importance for our members. I now find myself…
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
THE FY 87 SUBMARINE-RELATED R&D PROCESS The last report on Government Affairs dealt with the Navy’s 1986 research and development programs for submarines. As the…
BOOK REVIEWS
U BOATS AGAINST CANADA: GERMAN SUBMARINES IN CANADIAN WATERS Michael L. Hadley. Kingston and Montreal: McGillQueens University Press, 1985. 345 pp., notes, index. War in…
IN THE NEWS
Jane’s Defense WeeklY of 18 January describes the new Commander in Chief or the Soviet Navy, Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir N. Chernavin who replaces…
LETTERS
RUSSIAN SUBS IN WW II Commander Compton-Hall’s letter on the Oct. 1985 book review of Russian Submarines in Arctic Waters seems to have gone a…
THE MISSING ELEMENT
The power projection doctrine outlined in the current maritime strategy is uniquely tailored to the capabilities of the nuclear attack submarine. It defines a mission…
UNMANNED, UNTETHERED SUBMERSIBLES
There has been little tactical application of the possible wide range of unmanned submersibles, indicating that their development has held a low priority in Navy…
DR. EINSTEIN’ S TORPEDO LETTER
[ Ed. Note: This letter by Albert Einstein reproduced from ASHE News, Feb. 1986, contains an idea on how to improve a WW II torpedo.…
THE SUBMARINE TANKER
In the early ’70’s there was great interest in economically transporting oil from the large oil finds in the Arctic to the markets in the…
SUBMARINE DISARMAMENT
Today, the interest in arms limitation centers on strategic nuclear weapons.In the ’20s and ’30s it was submarines. Today, the reality of this search for…