Missile Navy

By Captain W. D. Brinckloe, USN
February 1958
“These wonderful innovations—nuclear power, nuclear weapons, supersonic aircraft, guided missiles—are the harbingers of the Navy of the future. They hold the promise of the new Navy of fantastic power, range ...

The Battle of the Pips

By Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.)
February 1958
The new age of guided missiles, atomic warheads, supersonic speeds, and nuclear propulsion has solved many military problems, but in so doing it has created others and has vastly complicated ...

Shall We Junk The Joint Chiefs Of Staff?

By Vice Admiral Howard E. Orem, USN (Ret.)
February 1958
Sack the Joint Chiefs of Staff system! Let’s establish a single Chief of Staff. Put everybody in the same uniform. Let’s have a ‘super’ service. That’s the way to end ...

How the Royal Navy Met The Challenge

By Captain Harold W. Rood, USAR
February 1958
Every American schoolboy reader of science fiction and the comic books knows that the atom bomb, nuclear power, and guided missiles stock today’s arsenal, whether the arsenal of democracy or ...

Sea Power in Soviet Strategy*

By Raymond L. Garthoff
February 1958
What is the role of sea power in contemporary Soviet strategy? Has the advent of intercontinental ballistic missiles and thermonuclear weapons made the navy obsolete, in Soviet eyes? In answering ...

Comment and Discussion

February 1958
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Book Reviews

February 1958
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Professional Notes

February 1958
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