Preface
The Soviet Navy is today in a period of change from a sea-denial navy to one that will--in several key respects--look much like the U. S. Navy. The most dramatic indication of this is the construction of large-deck aircraft carriers, probably nuclear propelled. However, those ships are probably not intended to fight the U.S. fleet on the high seas, but to provide control of the air and sea in support of Soviet direct or indirect intervention in the Third World.