A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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... probably have to be launched without delay . Consequently , their preferred destination would be enemy missile silos . Bombers are usually characterized as more controllable , but that is not really true . Bombers are not easy to ...
... probably have to be launched without delay . Consequently , their preferred destination would be enemy missile silos . Bombers are usually characterized as more controllable , but that is not really true . Bombers are not easy to ...
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... probably not to the extent that used cars do in other types of trades . At some point , however , an end should come to the casual use of taxpayers ' dollars for functions whose utility has yet to be demon- strated . As table 3-8 shows ...
... probably not to the extent that used cars do in other types of trades . At some point , however , an end should come to the casual use of taxpayers ' dollars for functions whose utility has yet to be demon- strated . As table 3-8 shows ...
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... probably be a series of losing battles . Current Problems But what if the Soviet fleet operated as the German fleet did in World War I , never quite allowing the British to engage it fully except at Jutland , keeping it in being , tying ...
... probably be a series of losing battles . Current Problems But what if the Soviet fleet operated as the German fleet did in World War I , never quite allowing the British to engage it fully except at Jutland , keeping it in being , tying ...
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Defense of the Navy | 5 |
The Maritime Strategy | 12 |
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