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New Tasks for New Navies

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Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age

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Abstract

The new environment has not only modified the execution of traditional maritime functions but has also produced new tasks for navies to perform. Sometimes these tasks are new in entire conception (such as those to do with the operation of the nuclear deterrent at sea) or new in their dimensions, demands and perceived importance (such as naval diplomacy and the protection of the offshore estate). To a greater or lesser extent these new tasks compete with the older ones for naval resources. To a greater or lesser extent also, naval policy makers will find little in the established literature of maritime strategy to help them make their choices.

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Till, G. (1982). New Tasks for New Navies. In: Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04500-6_9

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