J. Whalen

Twilight of the $UPERfluous Carrier

By Captain Henry J. Hendrix, U.S. Navy, and Lieutenant Colonel J. Noel Williams, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
May 2011
The Navy can’t afford expensive and vulnerable supercarriers. Here’s a viable option to ponder from inside the Pentagon.
Sovcomflot

Russia Opens Its Maritime Arctic

By Captain Lawson W. Brigham, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
May 2011
The world can be nothing but optimistic about opening this formerly remote and closed region to international shipping.

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