Year: 1982 Language: English Author: Norman Polmar Genre: History Publisher: Arms and Armour Press A&AP Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 136 Description: This monograph was first published by the U.S. Navy in 1974. It was produced because of the importance attached by the navy's leadership to having all members of the naval service become "professionally knowledgeable about the Soviet Navy and its development." A second reason given for producing this study was that the navy "should inform the public about the unprecedented peacetime growth of Soviet naval power." The well known naval writer and analyst, Norman Polmar, originally compiled and edited the book for the Director of Naval Intelligence and the Chief of Information. He has revised and updated this new edition to further fulfill the book's original purpose. Even as this edition was going to press, additional information on Soviet naval developments was coming to light: reports of the Soviet plan to build a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier to follow the smaller KIEV class: the 25,000-ton nuclear-propelled, missile-armed cruiser building at the Baltic shipyard in Leningrad; and production of the long-delayed Alfa class submarine, a class of highly advanced attack submarines. The Alfa class is constructed of titanium and can dive deeper and steam faster than any other combat submarine in the world. Similarly, since the most recent edition of "Understanding Soviet Naval Developments" was published by the U.S. Navy in 1978, the new Soviet amphibious ship IVAN ROGOV has gone to sea, as has the BEREZINA, first of a new class of underway replenishment ships. With full load displacements of some 13,000 tons and 40,000 tons, respectively, these new classes of amphibious and replenishment ships are similar in size to their Western counterparts, and — with the new Soviet aircraft carrier and nuclear-propelled cruisers — will significantly improve the already impressive ability of the Soviet Navy to operate for sustained periods in the open seas. These new ships will help to remedy some of the last remaining weaknesses of the Soviet fleet long noted by Western intelligence analysts. Of special interest are: a new appendix on Soviet naval commanders and the 1979 assessments of the Soviet Navy by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and Chief of Naval Operations.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
Soviet Naval Developments 1982
Language: English
Author: Norman Polmar
Genre: History
Publisher: Arms and Armour Press A&AP
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 136
Description: This monograph was first published by the U.S. Navy in 1974. It was produced because of the importance attached by the navy's leadership to having all members of the naval service become "professionally knowledgeable about the Soviet Navy and its development." A second reason given for producing this study was that the navy "should inform the public about the unprecedented peacetime growth of Soviet naval power."
The well known naval writer and analyst, Norman Polmar, originally compiled and edited the book for the Director of Naval Intelligence and the Chief of Information. He has revised and updated this new edition to further fulfill the book's original purpose.
Even as this edition was going to press, additional information on Soviet naval developments was coming to light: reports of the Soviet plan to build a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier to follow the smaller KIEV class: the 25,000-ton nuclear-propelled, missile-armed cruiser building at the Baltic shipyard in Leningrad; and production of the long-delayed Alfa class submarine, a class of highly advanced attack submarines. The Alfa class is constructed of titanium and can dive deeper and steam faster than any other combat submarine in the world. Similarly, since the most recent edition of "Understanding Soviet Naval Developments" was published by the U.S. Navy in 1978, the new Soviet amphibious ship IVAN ROGOV has gone to sea, as has the BEREZINA, first of a new class of underway replenishment ships. With full load displacements of some 13,000 tons and 40,000 tons, respectively, these new classes of amphibious and replenishment ships are similar in size to their Western counterparts, and — with the new Soviet aircraft carrier and nuclear-propelled cruisers — will significantly improve the already impressive ability of the Soviet Navy to operate for sustained periods in the open seas. These new ships will help to remedy some of the last remaining weaknesses of the Soviet fleet long noted by Western intelligence analysts.
Of special interest are: a new appendix on Soviet naval commanders and the 1979 assessments of the Soviet Navy by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and Chief of Naval Operations.
Contents
Screenshots
Soviet Naval Developments.pdf
Download [10 KB]
Share