World Naval Weapons Systems - Couverture rigide

Friedman, Norman

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0870217933 ISBN 13 : 9780870217937

Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 1989

Synopsis

A single, convenient reference that lists and describes the weapons systems of all the world's navies. This book is the first to include information not only on guns, missiles, and torpedoes, but also on the sensors that find the targets and the command mechanisms that determine when and at what targets to fire. Every weapons system in service - on ships, submarines, and naval aircraft - is covered. Encyclopedic in scope, the entries include up-to-date data and characteristics, program development histories, and comparisons with similar systems. Author Norman Friedman, internationally respected naval analyst and defence consulant, brings a unique combination of technical, analytical, and historical experience to this work. He has organized the book into warfare areas (strategic strike, air defence, antisubmarine, antiship, etc) to reflect current tactical thinking. Preceding each section is an introduction that explains essential technology. In addition to the description of the past and state-of-the-art systems is an analysis of the international political, economic, and technological factors affecting future naval weapons systems and their use in potential conflicts. For newsmen covering foreign crises, it gives descriptions and analyses of weapons systems used around the world. For analysts and engineers confronted with a myriad of old and new systems employed by a variety of far-flung nations, it offers a single source that pulls them all together. For sea service professionals, it is a handy, illustrated guide to the arsenals of friends and potential adversaries. Particularly helpful is the detail provided on the smaller navies, which is much more comprehensive than that found in any other source. "World Naval Weapons Systems" is sure to become an indispensable resource for the office, wardroom, or home library. To keep readers abreast of the very latest developments, it will be updated biennially, appearing in alternate years with "Combat Fleets of the World", the highly regarded reference work which this book complements. Norman Friedman is a defense consultant on naval technological and strategic problems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Long recognised as the most comprehensive work available on the subject, this guide remains the only complete reference to the weapons currently employed on US ships, submarines and naval aircraft around the world. It is the only book of its kind to explain the transformation of the US Navy into a network-centric force: a transformation that has had immense consequences for choices of tactics, weapons, services and the systems co-ordinating them. This guide also offers unparalleled coverage of the weapons, sensors and command systems of the world's navies, both those the US Navy works with and those it may have to fight. Written by one of the world's leading naval analysts, this edition has been completely revised and is newly illustrated. It provides a clear and precise account of how weapons technology has changed to meet the new tactical and strategic challenges facing international naval forces today. Cutting-edge information is found throughout, enhanced by many new and rarely seen photographs and drawings. The book benefits from the flood of material from Russia, whose weapons and systems are now owned and operated by numerous countries and are likely to be sold to many more. It also provides uniquely detailed coverage of weapons developed and deployed in the Far East, an area that promises to be the liveliest scene of naval action in the future. For the most complete and up-to-date information about weapons in every navy in the world, this is the essential resource.

Biographie de l'auteur

Norman Friedman is the author of numerous books, including Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America's New Way of War and Seapower as Strategy: Navies and National Interest. A resident of New York, he lectures around the world on naval and related military topics and contributes a monthly column analysing world naval developments for Proceedings magazine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0870217933
• ISBN 13: 9780870217937
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 640
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible