Naval Technology

The Great War: An In-Depth Analysis of the First World War offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal conflicts in modern history. This book delves deeply into the political, social, and military aspects of World War I, examining the causes, major battles, technological advancements, and the global impact of the war. From the intricate alliances that set the stage for conflict to the trench warfare that defined the Western Front, each chapter provides an in-depth look at key events and figures that shaped the war’s outcome. Special attention is given to naval warfare, ...

A modern fleet. An ancient world. No power. No firearms. No way home. A violent storm casts an American-led naval task force into a world of fortified cities and warring kingdoms. Electricity is gone. Engines are silent. Firearms are useless. Stranded far from everything they know, thousands must build a new life with their hands, their knowledge, and whatever they can salvage. Marines trade rifles for swords and shields. Sailors turn to timber and canvas. Survival depends on food, shelter, and alliances with people who have every reason to distrust them. When war threatens Troy, the ...

A lonely place to die. At the center of the Pacific Ocean lies Point Nemo—the most remote location on Earth. A place so isolated that the closest humans are astronauts orbiting above it. For decades, it’s been used as a dumping ground for dead satellites. A graveyard in the deep. But after the crash landing of a Chinese space station, something else is now waiting there… The world’s superpowers are mobilising. Fleets are deployed. Weapons are primed in the race to possess it— A relentless blend of science, suspense, and high-stakes adventure—perfect for fans of Michael Crichton,...

The true story of how Ukraine built a drone air force out of electronics-store parts and stopped the second-largest military on Earth. February 24, 2022. Russian forces are invading Ukraine from three directions. The operation is expected to last for days. What happened next surprised everyone, including Russia. Dmytro Kozlov stood at his apartment window in Kyiv at 4:17 in the morning, watching the sky light up. He was twenty-nine years old, a software developer, a drone racer. He had a thought that would have sounded insane to any conventional military officer: *we can use racing drones ...

Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars studies how the world‘s navies incorporated new technologies into their ships, their practices, and their doctrine. It does this by examining six core technologies fundamental to twentieth-century naval warfare including new platforms (submarines and aircraft), new weapons (torpedoes and mines), and new tools (radar and radio).

May 1940. Dunkirk is collapsing, and a British military flotilla has arrived eighty-eight years too early. Major Matthew Oliver's 180-strong detachment is trained to reopen ports under fire. Their radar can pick out boats in the dark. Their engineers can give a damaged ship another crossing. Their missiles can strike aircraft whose pilots have never seen such weapons. For the people trapped on the waterfront, the future has brought a chance to live. French port engineer Hippolyte Da Silva knows the harbor, its crews and the passages still open through the wreckage. Working together, his ...

At 12:17, the Mediterranean vanished. Commodore Leah Navarro commands Hesperia, a 54,000-ton disaster-response ship loaded with field hospitals, water plants, aircraft, seed, tools, and food for a modern relief mission. Then a black storm tears her convoy out of 2039 and hurls 1,216 survivors into the Late Bronze Age—a coastline already collapsing under war, famine, disease, and broken trade. No satellites. No resupply. No modern nation behind them. The fleet can dominate a harbor, but it cannot manufacture antibiotics, aviation fuel, desalination membranes, batteries, or trust. Every ...

This radical new book concentrates on the way in which each side tried to use or deny the sea to the other, and in so doing describes rapid wartime changes not only in ship and weapons technology but also in the way naval warfare was envisaged and fought. Melding strategic, technical, and tactical aspects, Friedman approaches World War I from a fresh perspective and demonstrates how its perceived lessons dominated the way navies prepared for World War II. 

Shadows Under the Waves A powerful journey through the history, evolution, and legacy of submarine warfare. Dive beneath the surface in this visually compelling and thought-provoking exploration of submarine warfare—where silence, strategy, and steel have shaped the course of history. From ancient underwater concepts to cutting-edge nuclear submarines, this book uncovers the hidden world beneath the waves. What’s inside: A sweeping historical narrative Discover the evolution of submarines from early Renaissance sketches to Cold War-era nuclear leviathans and today’s stealth machines. ...

Sealab is the underwater Right Stuff: the compelling story of how a U.S. Navy program sought to develop the marine equivalent of the space station - and forever changed man's relationship to the sea. While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the U.S. Navy launched a series of daring experiments to prove that divers could live and work from a sea-floor base.

In the latest Rowe-Delamagente thriller, the two unlikely partners have less than a month to stop a North Korean missile strike after hijackers steal nuclear warhead-armed submarines. If they don’t, the USS Bunker Hill, on a peaceful mission to observe a North Korean missile launch, will be in grave danger. Piece by piece, Rowe and Delamagente uncover a bizarre nexus between a man Rowe thought dead, a North Korean communications satellite America believes is weaponized, an ideologue that cares only about revenge, and the USS Bunker Hill (a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser) tasked ...

The road has learned the sea. After surviving its impossible arrival and building the Route, the stranded American expeditionary strike group now faces a new kind of war. The rules that once protected medicine, fuel, workers, witnesses, and children have crossed beyond Malta — into harbors, fleets, markets, workshops, and the hands of men who know how to turn law into power. Rome wants witness. Carthage wants control. Syracuse wants proof. And Archimedes wants to understand the machine behind the miracle. But the greatest danger is not a fleet, a fire ship, or a stolen weapon. It is a man...

Guns on the Peninsula: The Artillery of Gallipoli A New Perspective on a Legendary Campaign Gallipoli has been remembered for its heroism, sacrifice, and strategic failure. But one force shaped every moment of the campaign more than any other: Artillery. From thunderous naval bombardments to hidden Ottoman batteries firing from the hills, the guns of Gallipoli dominated the battlefield. Yet their story has rarely been told in full. Fire on the Peninsula explores the Gallipoli campaign through the weapons that defined it — the guns, the shells, the gunners, and the brutal terrain that ...

Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied; it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history.  

As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observation with moments of delight and enthusiasm. As a patriotic American in charge of command module America, Evans was nicknamed “Captain America” by his fellow crew members.

Welcome to a high-stakes theatre of global intrigue and potent powerplay. Set foot into the geopolitical ring of the modern era with our riveting new eBook, "Eagle vs Dragon." This compelling narrative weaves together multiple thrilling war game scenarios, exploring hypothetical conflicts between two reigning superpowers. Navigate through a labyrinth of strategy, counter-strategy, and their implications on an international scale. As you immerse yourself into this pulsating chess game, "Eagle vs Dragon" takes you through diverse scenarios ranging from eye-opening cyber warfare assaults and ...

In Too Far on a Whim, Tyler A. Pitrof presents a high-spirited revision of the US Navy's commitment to high-steam propulsion systems, the mainstay of its World War II fleets. Pitrof's research persuasively demonstrates that in its war against the Imperial Japanese Navy, the US Navy succeeded despite its high-steam propulsion systems rather than because of them. Pitrof provides an account that extends far beyond technology and into matters of naval hierarchies and bureaucracy, strategic theory, and ego.

Dive into the deep ocean and explore the thrilling military history and engineering breakthroughs of underwater travel. From ancient diving bells to lethal Cold War nuclear platforms, discover how daring visionaries conquered the ultimate hostile environment. Perfect for an adventurous commute...

Patrick Robinson burst on the scene with his gripping naval technothriller, the New York Times best-selling Nimitz Class, then did it again with Kilo Class. His explosive HMS Unseen portrays the world in crisis as a dangerous terrorist pits nation against nation to promote his own chilling...

Wally Schirra was the only one of the original seven NASA astronauts to command a spacecraft in all three pioneering space programs - Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. This chronicle of his experiences takes us into space on Schirra's 1962 Mercury flight that orbited Earth six times and aboard Gemini for the first rendezvous of two manned craft in space.