[ A digest of a talk by VADM Nils R. Thunman, USN, delivered 17 August, 1985 at the Submarine Veterans of World War II national…
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BOOK REVIEWS
SUBMARINE U-137 Edward Topol, published by Quartet Books Limited, London, 1983. Everyone knows about the Soviet submarine U137, they just know it by a different…
IN THE NEWS
The Senate Armed Services Committee notes in their Report on the FY 1986 Authorization Act that: “The Committee is advised of the operational necessity for…
LETTERS
TRIDENT As a non-professional but greatly interested member of the Naval Submarine League, I was heartened by Admiral Miller’s excellent letter (January ’85 issue). What…
SOVIET ARCTIC UNDERWATER HABITAT
[Ed. note: With submarines operating with increasing frequency under the Polar ice cap, a means for monitoring the environment below the ice cover seems appropriate.]…
NAVAL INTEGRATED ATTACK PLAN?
The U.S. Navy, in preparing to defend the nation from attack, has focused on combat capability as epitomized in readiness, sustainability, modernization and force structure.…
REVIVING THOUGHTS ABOUT SUBMARINE WEAPONS
In 1951, after an absence trom submarines or about 5 years, I was delighted to find myself in command or TRUTTA (S8-421) which we had…
THE 25/75 % SOLUTION
In the introductory editorial, last issue (THOUGHTS ~ S08MABINE ~. April, 1985) it was speculated on what might have inhibited the 751 of submarine skippers…
TACTICS VS STRATEGY
Even though Sun Tzu’s ART QF WAR was written about 500 BC, it is still sort of a bible in both the Chinese and Russian…
EPISODE IN THE JAVA SEA
( Ed. Note: Some of the happenings in submarines are better retold fictitiously. This actual emergency on a war patrol, for example, serves to show…