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"Soviet Naval
Developments 1982"
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Review Copy from
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Price $23.95
REVIEWED BY ROSS GILLETT
"The flag of the Soviet Navy flies
over the oceans of the world. Sooner
or later the United States will have to
understand it no longer has mastery
of the seas." — S. G. Gorshkov,
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet
Union.
Soviet naval policy is based on a
Russian drive 10 extend national influence
by maritime activities, a drive that dates
back almost 300 years. This effort is now
being made by a combination of merchant
and naval forces on a scale without
precedent. The US Navy is constantly
keeping track of the USSR's formidable
ship building programme as well as all
other aspects of Soviet Naval expansion
— and now presents the results in "Soviet
Naval Developments, 1982".
This book is a concise resume of the
largest communist naval force in the
world today. The book was written by
Norman Polmar, an accredited naval
writer, at the request of the United States
Chief of Naval Operations.
Throughout the publication,
comparisons are made to equivalent USN
ships, tactics and future plans; but it soon
becomes apparent that the Red Fleet is
now number one, a place once held by the
USN since the Second World War
Each type of Soviet warship is
described and illustrated with special
sections devoted to Naval Policy.
Personnel, Other Maritime Activities and
The Navy Today, together with key
questions, statements by leaders within
the Department of Defence, order of
battle, missile and aircraft descriptions.
All of the photographs within the 138
pages have reproduced extremely well and
include new views of the Alfa class attack
submarine, the 23,000 ton Kirov battlecruiser,
the Sovremenny DDGs, new
missile hydrofoils and the first Soviet
hospital ship.
Both endpapers and pages within the
book feature excellent silhouettes of all
Soviet warships and auxiliaries. The book
is protected by an impressive dust jacket
featuring a Kiev class V/STOL aircraft
carrier.
Following the release of (he book in
America earlier this year, the Soviets set
about publishing their own version, with a
similar storyline on the United States
Navy Today.
For only $23.95, "Soviet Naval
Developments 1982" is required reading
for all those interested in the super naval
powers and for a better understanding of
what "the blighters" arc up to!
Thoroughly recommended.
"The Royal Navy 1982*'(3
Books)
Published by
MARITIME BOOKS
Revien Copies from
BURGESS MEDIA SERVICES
PO Box 2131. Wellington, N7.
Price
(15.00 (3 books)
plus $3.50 (airmail) or $1.80
(seamail)
REVIEWED BY ROSS GILLETT
I. "British Warships& Auxiliaries" by
MikcCritchley.
This 1982/83 edition describes and
illustrates all Royal Navy warships, the
Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Royal Maritime
Auxiliary Service and the Fleet Air Arm.
Uach ship or class is allotted one page,
including a table of datrs, specifications
and brief discussions on their current
status. The book also features an eight
page colour section and a special table of
ships "at the end of the line", relegated
to non-seagoing duties.
2. "Submarines of the Royal Navy".
A new book from Britain describing the
only arm of the RN which is expanding.
As well as the Polaris submarines, all fleet
and patrol classes arc described
individually. Special sections arc devoted
to proposed classes, weapons, bases, life
aboard and the Soviet submarine threat.
3. "Fishing Blades Over the Sea", by
LCDR J.M.Milne.
The complete history of the helicopter
in the RN since 1943, is condensed into
this 104 page book. Ll'DR Milne, a
serving Fleet Air Arm officer, has drawn
on his own expencnecs and that of his
predecessors to present an interesting
story of the helicopter in the RN. Like the
other books in the scries, all colour and
black and white photographs have been
excellently reproduced. Nineteen different
models of helicopter are fully described in
table formal at the rear of the book, plus
a run down of the present day naval air
stations and their squadrons.
All three books provide interesting
reading and arc most handy for ready
reference. Recommended.
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