The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998

by Norman Friedman

The most current edition of the comprehensive guide to weaponry currently in service on ships, submarines, and naval aircraft. Friedman, a defense analyst specializing in strategic and technical issues, offers details of sensor and tracking systems that support the weapons, strategic challenges facing international naval forces, full accounts of systems under development by the US Navy, and complete outlines of surveillance, control, and data systems, strategic strike systems, strike/surface, antiaircraft, electronic, and antisubmarine warfare, and mines and mine countermeasures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Genres: Reference, Military Fiction, Nonfiction

808 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Norman Friedman is a prominent naval analyst and the author of more than thirty books covering a range of naval subjects, from warship histories to contemporary defense issues.