Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems (Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems)

By Norman Friedman

Book Overview

Long recognized as the most comprehensive reference work available on the subject, this guide remains the only complete reference to the weapons currently in service in ships, submarines, and naval... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557502595
• ISBN13: 9781557502599
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

An alternative to the Jane's guides

This is a little bit dated now, but not horribly so. The cold war ending has slowed down new naval weapon systems. Some of the "new" systems in here never did appear, and other older systems are gone as well. Using this guidebook plus some judicious web surfing is pretty good naval research for the non-specialist. Of course if you need the expensive current editions, you already know that...