A Course for Destroyers

By Captain Elmo R. Zumwalt, U.S. Navy
November 1962
What lies beyond the horizon of the destroyer? An experienced tincan skipper envisions the global environment of the next two decades and gives his candid opinion of the role of ...

NATO's Southern Exposure

By Colonel Norman Locksley, USA
November 1962
Today the “soft underbelly” has been toughened and is shielded by NATO with its powerful force—the combined land, sea, and air power of Allied Forces Southern Europe.

A Decade of Oceanography

By Lieutenant Commander J. R. Morgan, USN
November 1962
TENOC, The Navy’s Ten-year plan for Oceanography, is now underway as the United States mounts an oceanographic assault on the seas of the world.

U. S. Destroyers for British Bases

By Daniel S. Greenberg
November 1962
In the late summer of 1940, when Britain was fighting alone after the fall of France, three elderly destroyers moved slowly out of Boston Harbor. They flew the American flag ...

Space Navigation

By Captain P. V. H. Weems, USN (Ret.)
November 1962
The author proposes using a system based on known physical laws and accurate star positions determined by astronomers.

Comment and Discussion

November 1962
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Book Reviews & Book List

November 1962
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