Norman Friedman
An internationally known strategist and naval historian. He is the author of nearly 30 books, including the award-winning Seapower as Strategy and The Fifty-Year War, a history of the Cold War that won the Royal Services Institute’s Westminster Medal for the best English-language military book for the year 2000. He also writes a monthly column on world naval developments for the Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine, and his articles have appeared in Joint Forces Quarterly, Jane’s International Defence Review, Asian Pacific Defence Reporter, Defense Electronics, The Journal of Electronic Defense, The International Countermeasures Handbook, Armada, Defence, ORBIS, Military Technology, Naval Forces, Jane’s Navy International, Signal, The Wall Street Journal (U.S., European, and Far Eastern editions), DPA, RUSI Journal, and the Journal of Cold War Studies, among others.
Stories by Norman Friedman
Naval Aviation Centennial: Aircraft Carrier Evolution
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The George H.W. Bush is the current chapter in a carrier story which began almost a century ago, in November 1910, when an intrepid aviator named Eugene “George” Ely flew off the deck ...more »
Littoral Combat Ship: Concepts and End Products
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Both competing prototypes of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) are now complete, and as of spring 2010, the U.S. Navy planned to choose one or the other for further production. The force goal ...more »
Going Electric
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The new Zumwalt-class destroyer is described as an “electric ship.” The next-generation carrier is more “electric” by far than any predecessor. Probably the same will be true of the coming cruiser. There has ...more »
Barring the Door: Three Different Anti-access Approaches
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Sometimes the U.S. Navy says that its role is often to “kick in the door” – to gain access to places we want to influence, which do not want us. The U.S. Navy ...more »
UCAVs: Considering the Next Step
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Unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) first came to prominence in the United States during the attack on Afghanistan, when Predators armed with Hellfire missiles were used to attack particular insurgent leaders. The unmanned ...more »
World Naval Developments 2009
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This is necessarily a highly selective tour of only a few world navies. At least for Western navies, the primary issue during 2009 was how badly they would be hurt by the world ...more »
Nuclear Power for Surface Combatants
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As the price of oil skyrocketed in 2008, some in Congress argued that it was pointless to keep building oil-powered warships. Surely the future lay with a return to the vision of the ...more »
Naval Developments: 2008
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This is neccesarily a highly selective tour of only a few world navies. or the U.S. Navy, perhaps the most important event of 2008 came in February, when a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ...more »
