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Proceedings Magazine - August 1993 Vol. 119/8/1,086

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Commentary: Ordnance on Target: Missile Ship Diplomacy

Issue: Proceedings Magazine - August 1993 Vol. 119/8/1,086

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• Peacemaking from the Sea
  By Admiral William D. Smith, USN

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• Eject! Eject!
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  Vincennes: A Case Study
  By Lieutenant Colonel David Evans, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

  Captain Mohsen Rezaian was piloting his fully loaded Iran Air Airbus airliner through 13,000 feet on a routine Sunday morning flight across the Persian Gulf to Dubai, when a burst of shrapnel ripped off the left wing and tore through the aft...

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• Commentary: Ordnance on Target: Missile Ship Diplomacy
  By VADM J. Metcalf III, USN (Ret.)

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• Peacemaking from the Sea
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• Eject! Eject!
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• A New Era
  By Lieutenant General John H. Cushman, USA (Ret.)

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• Commanding A Joint Air Campaign—From A Ship?
  By Floyd D. Kennedy, Jr.

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• We Need to Learn ABCs of NBC
  By Major Victor J. Riley III, USMC

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• Environmental Liability—Now It's Personal
  By Commander David S. Shepherd, USN

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• I Had the Time of My Life
  By Captain Jeff Smiley, South Carolina Air National Guard

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• Counterbattery
  By Captain Will Rogers, USN (Ret.)

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• From Valhalla with Pride
  By Lieutenant Colonel Steve E. Dietrich, USA
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• Compounding the Error
  By Colonel Richard M. Swain, USA

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• Mission Accomplished—In Full
  By Lieutenant General Ronald H. Griffith, USA

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• Answering the Mail
  The Publisher's Note

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• Eyes for the Corps
  By Gunnery Sergeant Anthony M. Tang II, USMC

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• Reserves Can Do It
  By Captain Timothy E. Prendergast, USN

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• Commentary: Searching for Nontraditional Roles: Trade-off or Sellout?
  By Seth Cropsey

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• Leadership Forum: Six Management Tips for the Shipboard Junior Officer
  By Lieutenant Geoffrey L. Owen, U.S. Naval Reserve

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• The Russian Naval View
  By Commander George F. Kraus, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

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• The U.S. Navy
  By Norman Polmar

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• World Naval Developments
  By Norman Friedman

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• Combat Fleets
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