A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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Page 32
... remains the traditional and homely issue of how many strategic eggs the United States should put in one basket . More specifically , it is conceivable that ways will be found in the future to maintain a track on all the SSBNs at sea and ...
... remains the traditional and homely issue of how many strategic eggs the United States should put in one basket . More specifically , it is conceivable that ways will be found in the future to maintain a track on all the SSBNs at sea and ...
Page 55
... remains : what platforms are to be made available for the mission ? Additional attack submarines bought solely to cover tactical targets with nuclear weapons are obviously too expensive an answer at over $ 800 million a boat . So would ...
... remains : what platforms are to be made available for the mission ? Additional attack submarines bought solely to cover tactical targets with nuclear weapons are obviously too expensive an answer at over $ 800 million a boat . So would ...
Page 123
... . A serious obligation still remains to demonstrate why the Navy cannot define more realistic missions and fulfill them with fewer than 600 ships . LPI LSI Glossary of Ship Designators LST MO MS MS Setting a New Course 123.
... . A serious obligation still remains to demonstrate why the Navy cannot define more realistic missions and fulfill them with fewer than 600 ships . LPI LSI Glossary of Ship Designators LST MO MS MS Setting a New Course 123.
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Defense of the Navy | 5 |
The Maritime Strategy | 12 |
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