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By Capt. Lewis B. Melson, U. S. Navy
June 1967
On the morning of 17 January 1966, a b-52 bomber collided with a kc-135 tanker aircraft while refueling over the southeast coast of Spain. The two planes exploded and the ...

The Soviet Union and the Arctic

by Capt. O. P. Araldsen, RNA
June 1967
"Mother Russia” was vitally concerned about her northern neighbors even before there was a Soviet Union. In September 1916, the Imperial Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a note ...

The Study Business

by Captain James C. Longino, U. S. Navy
June 1967
The naval officer who tries his hand for the first time at the infant art of Systems Analysis must recognize he cannot now—nor will he ever be able to—complete his ...

Incredible Midway

By Lieutenant Commander Thomas E. Powers, U. S. Naval Reserve
June 1967
A sophisticated reader would reject as absurd a work of fiction the plot of which hinged on circumstances and events similar to those surrounding the Battle of Midway. He doubtless ...

Sea Power in Reserve

by Lieutenant Commander Gordon V. Brown, U. S. Naval Reserve
June 1967
Without a capability to expand, on-call, to meet a threat, the magnificent power of our on-the-line naval strength would still be less than adequate.

Dragging As Before

by Lieutenant C. E. Giese, Jr., U. S. Navy
June 1967
The country was almost flat for hundreds of miles, with only a slight undulation here and there to break the monotony.

Comment and Discussion

June 1967
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Professional Notes, Notebook and Progress

Edited by Captain Daniel M. Karcher, U. S. Navy
June 1967
PALOMARES—EXERCISE IN OCEAN ENGINEERINGBy Captain W. F. Searle, Jr., U. S. Navy, Supervisor of Salvage, U. S. Navy and Director, Ocean Engineering Branch, Naval Ship Systems CommandThere were, indeed, many ...

The Navy's Secret Weapon Circa 1918

by Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Rankin, U. S. Marine Corps
June 1967
In these days of rapidly advancing military technology, with guided missiles and space travel claiming what may be a disproportionate share of the headlines, we are so often apt to ...

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