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World Naval Developments: Nationalism Unleashed

November 16, 2012 3:21 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:37 PM
Proceedings, November 2012 A simmering dispute over some uninhabited islands south of Japan offers insight into the way domestic politics…

China’s 700 Ship Navy

November 14, 2012 3:19 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 2:58 PM
China is building tandem maritime forces, blurring the line between military and civilian maritime missions. The new People’s Liberation Army…

Combat Fleets: Sweden

November 5, 2012 2:33 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:38 PM
On 3 September the first of Sweden’s newly upgraded Visby-class guided-missile patrol craft was turned over to the Swedish military…

Timeline of the Polaris Missile

October 31, 2012 12:33 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:10 PM
On late October 1963, USS Andrew Jackson launched first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine, off Cape Canaveral, Florida.…

Shifting Targets

October 30, 2012 12:31 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 9:27 PM
Proceedings, October 2012 We must reconsider our strategic perspective and organizational culture amid an emerging naval revolution. Today’s U.S. Navy…

Ringside at the Missile Crisis

October 25, 2012 12:22 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 9:21 PM
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W. Anderson Jr. was part of the inner circle of military officers advising President…

The Soviet Navy’s Caribbean Outpost

October 24, 2012 12:03 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 9:07 PM
Naval History Magazine, October 2012 After ‘defeat’ in 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis forestalled a massive Soviet military buildup in the…
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