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Naval Digest Indices (1980-1985) - Volume I
August 1, 1987
Soviet military writings are a valuable source of insight into true Soviet beliefs regarding military capabilities and intentions--their own and those of their adversaries. This research contribution lists all the articles published in the Soviet journal, Morskoy sbornik (Naval Digest) from 1980 to 1985. Volume I lists the articles in chronological order, and alphabetical order by author. See Also CRC 568.
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Naval Digest Indices (1980-1985) - Volume II
August 1, 1987
Volume II lists the articles alphabetically by key words in the title. See also CRC 568.
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Specialized Skill Training for Enlisted Navy Personnel: A Historical Account
April 1, 1986
The specialized skill training load in A-, C-, and F-schools for Navy enlisted personnel from 1979 through 1985 is described. The training load for each of these types of schools is broken down by instructional and supernumerary time, by first-termers and careerists, and, in some case, by rating. Changes in definition, such as F-schools becoming C-schools, are documented. From 1979 through 1985, almost 70 percent of the increase in the total specialized skill training load came from the C-schools. Moreover, although the C-school training load increased over 50 percent in the period, increased efficiencies in use of time for instruction meant an even sharper increase in the instructional load.
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Merchant Ship Naval Augmentation Program
December 1, 1985
The Merchant Ship Naval Augmentation Program (MSNAP) is a research and development program. It supports a procurement plan whereby merchant ships will be modified to allow rapid installation of modular or standardized Underway Replenishment (UNREP) equipment such as the Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method (STREAM) gear delivery system or fuel transfer station gear. MSNAP gear enables merchant ships to operate as naval auxiliary UNREP ships to conduct consolidation operations and limited direct replenishment of combatant ships. This memorandum describes the MSNAP demonstrations that were performed in 1981 and 1985 and discusses the status of MSNAP funding, planned ship modifications, and ship manning issues.
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U.S. Declaratory Policy on Soviet SSBN Security: 1970 to 1985
October 1, 1984
U.S. defense officials have often said that the Soviet Union expects Western Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) forces to attack its Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) and thus is prepared to defend them in war. These Soviet expectations may have been encouraged by U.S. declaratory policy on the subject--that is, the totality of official and other authoritative statements on strategic doctrine and policy, ASW technology and programs from which Soviet observers reach conclusions about U.S. intentions. This paper reviews U.S. declaratory policy between 1970 and 1985 to determine specifically what that policy has been and then to infer what it has probably meant to the Soviets. It concludes that throughout this period official U.S. declaratory policy has implied an intent to engage in strategic ASW and that the Soviets have had strong reasons to believe that their SSBNs have been and will continue to be targets of U.S. ASW forces.
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