Today’s command and control process extends beyond human sight and hearing; its reach is global and into space. Present command and control functions enable American…
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BOOK REVIEWS
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER By Tom Clancy, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, October 1984 394pp illus. The novel, The Hunt for Red October is must…
LETTERS
UNIDENTIFIED AUTHORS OF SUBMARINE REVIEW ARTICLES The Review’s practice of disguising authors by initials or, worse, the antideluvian stunt of using mythical noms-de-plumes,whichwas fashionable in…
IN THE NEWS
On Bill Buckley’s TV Program “Firing Line,” 24 June, the Science Advisor to the President Dr. George Keyworth, noted that the Soviets also had supersonic…
NEW IDEAS CORNER
DYNAMIC CONCENTRATION The “Laws of Lanchester” state that the power of combat force varies with the square of the number of units in the force.…
A FABLE FOR THE SUBMARINE REVIEW?
John Keegan in his book Face of Battle describes the preparation for and the initial results achieved by the British in the Battle of the…
IS IT TIME FOR THE ONBOARD SURVIVAL CHAMBER?
Man has established anniversaries to remind us of things past both good and bad. Through this method we can celebrate the good and recall the…
A PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPON — THE MINE
An enemy mine is basically a psychological weapon. Amid an atmosphere of billion dollar high tech weaponry the underrated or ignored mine can wreak havoc…
A HYBRID SUBMARINE?
There have been many challenges to our nuclear submarine program, along with the recommendation to go back to building diesel submarines. Having commanded a diesel…
SUBMARINE SCHOOL – A NOSTALGIA TRIP 1958 -1984
This would have been written now whether or not Captain Bill Houley’ s summary of changes in the Submarine School curricula had appeared in the…
