Tag Archives: Soviet

Norman’s Corner: Analyzing Exercise Okean

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar, author, analyst, and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) In the spring of 1970 I … Continue reading →

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NHF Historian Writes On 25th Anniversary of Black Sea Incidents

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Twenty-five years ago there were a series of bumping incidents in the Black Sea between two Soviet frigates and the cruiser Yorktown (CG 48) and the destroyer USS Caron (DD 970). The incidents occurred as the American ships conducted an … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 2013 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

The George Washington University Cold War Group (GWCW), The Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS) of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the LSE IDEAS Cold War Studies Programme of the London School of Economics and Political Science … Continue reading →

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NHF Historian Addresses US and Russian Navies During Incidents at Sea Agreement Review

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

On Thursday 25 October, NHF Historian Dr. David Winkler addressed the U.S. and Russian Navy delegations during concluding ceremonies of the 40th Annual Incidents at Sea Agreement Review that was held at the Naval Observatory. Dr. Winkler’s 1998 dissertation at … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Project AZORIAN – the CIA and the Raising of the K-129

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

by Norman Polmar and Michael White. Naval Institute Press, 2010. 173 pp. Reviewed by Captain James B. Bryant, U.S. Navy (Retired) The year 1968 was bad for submarines.  In January the Israelis and the French lost their diesel-electric powered submarines … Continue reading →

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