Now that u.s. submarines are being equipped with TOMAHAWK cruise missiles, a new capability and therefore responsibility devolves upon the Submarine Force. Host of the…

The Admiral H. G. Rickover Foundation was formed in 1982 when Admiral Rickover retired after having served his country for 64 years in the U.S.…

Many will argue that the U.S. needs 130 or more attack submarines to meet the present Soviet naval threat — and Secretary Lehman stated this…

1985 marked a change in direction in the management of the nuclear submarine ofCicer community. New measures were called for to effect the improvements in…

The countdown for the GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER’s qualification test firing of a ballistic missile began at 2200 on Friday, August 9, 1985. As noted in…

[ Ed note. In the Foreword to Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1985-1986, the editor, Captain John Moore, indicates that the Soviets have a new form of…

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was completed in December 1982 and is now ready for ratification. This Treaty may not…

A question of great interest to submariners is the degree of protection the Russian doublehull design provides against underwater explosions. It is certainly true that…

“Melee” is defined as a confused, general hand-to-band fight, a rumble, a free-for-all. a dog fight, or a fire fight. Some tacticians and weapon system…

There was a time, until about 1980, when we believed that the Soviets had a poor grasp of applying noise reduction, acoustic processing, computer fabrication,…