Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines - Edward Hampshire
Nuclear Classes from November to Akula
KORTE INHOUD
This fascinating title explains and analyzes the history, technology, and service of the Soviet Navy's nuclear attack submarines, the formidable high-tech boats on the front line of the Cold War at sea. In this highly detailed book, naval historian Edward Hampshire reveals the fascinating history of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period. The November class, which were the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarines, had originally been designed to fire a single enormous nuclear tipped torpedo but were eventually completed as boats firing standard torpedoes. The Alfa class were perhaps the most remarkable submarines of the Cold War: titanium-hulled (which was light and strong but extremely expensive and difficult to weld successfully), crewed with only thirty men due to considerable automation and 30% faster than any US submarines, they used a radical liquid lead-b...
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2020Uitgever: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc48 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 147283934XISBN-13: 9781472839343Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2020 Osprey UK, softcover 48 pages, with photos and illustrations ISBN 9781472839343 In very good condition
