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The Naval Institute guide to combat fleets of the world : their ships, aircraft, and systems

Internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world s naval and paranaval forces, this popular Naval Institute guide is both comprehensive and affordable. Updated biennially since 1976, it has come to be relied on for all-inclusive, accurate, and up-to-date data on the ships, navies, coast guards, and naval aviation arms of more than 180 countries and territories. Large fleets and small maritime forces get equally thorough treatment as evidenced in this new edition, which highlights major and even minor developments that could have an impact on the world scene. A thorough indexing of material and a logical ship-typing system make the book easy to use and allow quick comparisons between fleets

Print Book, English, 2013
16th ed
U.S. Naval Institute ; Eurospan [distributor], Annapolis, Md., London, 2013