A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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Page 55
... land - mobile launchers , especially when the land is as crowded as Western Europe . Quite understandably , Europeans - like Americans - are less than en- thusiastic about having alert nuclear delivery systems wandering in their midst ...
... land - mobile launchers , especially when the land is as crowded as Western Europe . Quite understandably , Europeans - like Americans - are less than en- thusiastic about having alert nuclear delivery systems wandering in their midst ...
Page 63
... land - based capabilities or deploying nearly six large divisions in West Germany and another in South Korea . Thus the real issue is the balance between land - based and sea - based forces . Current foreign deployments and the firm ...
... land - based capabilities or deploying nearly six large divisions in West Germany and another in South Korea . Thus the real issue is the balance between land - based and sea - based forces . Current foreign deployments and the firm ...
Page 87
... land - based capabilities if the odds do not now favor the Japanese . Indeed , it is worth stressing again that carrier battle groups and amphibious forces ( the main power projection forces ) , because of their high cost relative to land ...
... land - based capabilities if the odds do not now favor the Japanese . Indeed , it is worth stressing again that carrier battle groups and amphibious forces ( the main power projection forces ) , because of their high cost relative to land ...
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Defense of the Navy | 5 |
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