Naval Forces II 1980
Two authors, a retired Rear Admiral of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), and a Professor scored a major scoop in early 1980 about the Soviet sea power in the Pacific. At that time, the six-page was an in-depth insight into the main features, means and tactics of Soviet maritime power in a region […]
Naval Forces III/IV 1980
Our cover in Spring 1980 showed the US Navy’s principal carrier-borne fighter at that time, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat equipped with variable-geometry wings and two Pratt & Whitney TF30 turbofan engines, undertaking a take-off from a carrier. The fighter appeared in two main articles in the magazine, one outlining the political and military situation in […]
Naval Forces V 1980
Last May, it was reported that US Navy warships were to operate for the first time since the 1980s in the Barents Sea, close to the northern coast of Russia. The northwestern Arctic coast is Russia’s naval backyard. Like in the 1980s, the heart of the Russian Northern Fleet’s submarine force is anchored in Severomorsk […]
Naval Forces I 1981
After reading an essay, “Indo-Soviet Co-operation at Sea” (Naval Forces I/1981, pp. 44-49), it seems to me that the best the Pakistani author Aroj Taha can do is to explain why an increasing influence by the Soviet Union in the region was causing so much concern to the West. The United States of America in […]
Naval Forces II 1981
Mine countermeasures operations have changed dramatically over the past four decades. Unmanned minehunting has revolutionised the capabilities of naval forces around the world and as more things become autonomous, the competition to produce better and cheaper platforms – mine countermeasures vessels – has also grown. But what does this have to do with early 1981 […]
Naval Forces III 1981
Nowaydays, new technology enables naval fleets to achieve information superiority in the air. With the advent of aircraft types like Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon or Airbus’ A320neo on offer as the new generation of maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), operators around the globe are encouraged to widen their maritime operating environment. The 2020s continue to throw up […]
Naval Forces IV 1981
European defence still is a facet of many debates today. In the face of continuing tensions with Russia over eastern Ukraine, Crimea and parts of the Baltic and Polar regions, NATO is focusing on a reinforcement of its naval capabilities and assets. Back in the early 1980s, the Soviet Union (USSR) and its western satellite […]
Naval Forces V 1981
Navies remained first and foremost instruments of national policy in the early 1980s. At that time, the “modern” frigate became an instrument of sea power. When Naval Forces V went to print in the late summer of 1981, the Western European navies possessed some 90 frigate-type warships in 18-20 ship classes. However, European NATO navies […]
Naval Forces VI 1981
Strategic deterrence at sea became an indispensable part of the US Navy’s wartime missions it has to perform in the 1970s and 1980s. The goal was to dissuade the Soviet Union from launching a nuclear attack. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) were playing a key role in the strategic deterrence mission by providing the United States […]
Naval Forces I 1982
”Where others…fear to tread,” that was read in an advertisement by British Hovercraft in the first edition of Naval Forces in early 1982. It was not surprising that the British at that time had a good deal of technological expertise in the field of ACVs – air cushion vehicles – that led to exciting moments […]
