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Deployments of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and Other Surface Ships, 1976-1988
July 1, 1989
This information manual provides quantitative information on the post-Vietnam era history of deployments by U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and other surface ships. The data, summarized in tables and figures, span the years 1976 through 1988 and describe the geographic distribution of U.S. Navy ships in an attempt to gauge U.S. Navy presence around the world.
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MARE MOSSO: The Mediterranean Theater
November 1, 1984
This paper assesses the strategic perspective from the Mediterranean in the mid-eighties in light of the changing political and military situation in the Mediterranean considered per se and relative to other regions.
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Soviet Strategy and the Objectives of Their Naval Presence in the Mediterranean
September 1, 1982
This paper examines the policies that have guided the Soviets in establishing and exploiting their Mediterranean naval presence, identifies the indications that these policies may be changing, and forecasts the effects that these possible policy changes may have.
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THE TURKISH STRAITS AND THE SOVIET NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
May 1, 1982
This paper examines how the Soviets have designed their patterns of operations in the Mediterranean in order to overcome the barriers of the Montreux Convention and Balkran land masses.
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Yugoslavia and the Soviet Policy of Force in the Mediterranean Since 1961
October 1, 1981
This paper describes and analyzes the politico-military cooperation between Belgrade and Moscow after 1961, and the changing attitudes and policies of Yugoslavia toward the Soviet and U.S./NATO military presence.
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Superpower Naval Crisis Management in the Mediterranean
September 1, 1981
This paper analyzes the role of the U.S. and the USSR in recent Mediterranean crises and estimates ability of the U.S. Navy to continue to fulfill its crisis role there in the future.
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THE SOVIET UNION'S QUEST FOR ACCESS TO NAVAL FACILITIES IN EGYPT PRIOR TO THE JUNE WAR OF 1967
February 1, 1981
This paper describes methods employed by the Soviets to gain access to naval facilities in Egypt before the June War of 1967. The study also seeks to explain why the U.S.S.R. perceived a need for the facilities, and, identifies landmarks in the Soviet effort to obtain access to them.
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RECENT CHANGES IN SOVIET NAVAL POLICY: PROSPECTS FOR ARMS LIMITATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND INDIAN OCEAN
February 1, 1981
This paper discusses recent Soviet initiatives for agreement with the United States on naval arms control, and attempts to evaluate their significance in the context of the Soviet navy's increasingly active role in support of Soviet foreign policy.
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A Somewhat Different View of the Optimal Naval Posture
February 1, 1981

This paper discusses how U.S. naval forces are deployed rather than how they are constituted. Emphasis is on deployment in the Mediterranean.

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THE US SIXTH FLEET AND THE CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE OF EUROPE
October 1, 1976
This paper looks at the reasons the Sixth Fleet and its centerpiece weapon, the aircraft carrier, are in trouble. The issues addressed include the military and political problems the Fleet faces in a Mediterranean environment given Soviet military capabilities in both the land and sea areas of Europe; U.S. initiatives to retain the Fleet's viability; Fleet deployment alternatives; and some longer-term implications for NATO of a possible reduction in the carrier force in the Mediterranean.
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