The Naval Institute Guide to Ships and Aircraft of U.S

19th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-59114-687-2
Verlag: Naval Institute Press

Buch, Englisch, 704 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 310 mm, Gewicht: 2071 g

Continuing the longstanding tradition as the most complete naval resource of its kind, this updated 19th edition of <em>The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S.</em> meets the high expectations and exacting standards of those who rely on this volume to stay informed and to make related policy, force level, technological and weapons decisions. <br><br>Packed with comprehensive information, up-to-date photographs, line drawings and useful appendixes, this timely new guide describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during an intensive period of transformation while engaged in combat operations as the Muslim world undergoes dramatic changes.<br><br>In describing “ships and aircraft,” extensive coverage is given to the new littoral combat ships (LCS), joint high-speed vessels (JHSV), <em>Gerald R. Ford</em>-class aircraft carriers, and other new ships as well as developments in shipboard ballistic missile defence. At the same time, the convoluted path in surface combatant construction is “deciphered” while the belated decision to cancel the Marine expeditionary fighting vehicle (EFV) is explained. Also addressed in detail is the new F-35 series joint strike fighter (JSF) and other aviation programs. Similarly addressed are Navy personnel, Marine Corps issues, Coast Guard forces, marine mammals, unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles, and other aspects of U.S. naval forces.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polmar, Norman C

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Norman Polmar</strong> is an internationally known analyst, consultant and award-winning author specialising in naval, aviation and intelligence issues. He has served for almost eleven years on the Secretary of the Navy's Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) and has written more than forty books, including nine editions of >em>The Naval Institute Guide to Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. </em><br><br><strong>Michael White</strong> has worked in film and television for over thirty-five years. His career in special and visual effects began in 1976 at Pinewood Studios, and in 1990 he moved to Vienna, Austria which he has used as a base to work around Europe as a director of well over fifty commercials and some twenty corporate films. His website is www.projectjennifer.at/.