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Until the mid-1950s, Russia maintained only a coastal-defense fleet. Since then, it has rapidly expanded its fleet, outbuilding the U.S. in naval vessels by a ratio of 8 to 1, and the Russian fleet of 221 major surface combat ships today sails all oceans of the world. For the most part, Russian vessels are younger than American ships (an average of about eight years v. about 18 years), and the Soviet guided-missile cruisers of the Kresta
...class pack more punch than anything comparable in size in the U.S. fleet. Norman Polmar, U.S. editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, estimates that the Soviets lead the world in antiship missiles, introduction of new technologies to warships and numbers of attack submarines. Last year the Russians launched their first aircraft carrier. At 45,000 tons, it is about half as large as the big U.S. carriers like the nuclear-propelled Nimitz. It will be able to bring helicopters and vertical-takeoff and -landing aircraft to the scene of a battle but lacks the catapult needed to launch fixed-wing...
Steady Improvements. Meanwhile, the U.S. has trimmed its active fleet to 174 major surface combat ships. Nonetheless, Polmar believes that the U.S. Navy still leads the Soviets in a number oif critical areas. Among them: carrier aviation (1,120 fighters and bombers aboard 14 attack carriers), nuclear-propelled surface ships and the ability to refuel and resupply ships at sea. This last capability permits the U.S. to keep a ship at sea for a longer period of time than the Russians, though Polmar expects the Soviets to catch up within a year...
...that day of running competition, Harvard will pit top miler Ric Rojas against arch-rival Mike Buckley of Northeastern. After edging out Buckley in a dual meet at Northeastern, Rojas succumbed to the fleet Buckley in a televised mile at Bentley College...
...United States has 41 ballistic-missile carrying submarines with over 600 missiles, and a fleet of over 400 long-range bombers. In the missile force alone, the United States has over 8000 separately targetable nuclear warheads. Ten years ago we had only one-tenth that number...