### Amazon.com Review Never before seen by the general public: a rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine ... with Tom Clancy as your guide. Only the author of _Submarine_ includes: * Exclusive photographs, illustration, and diagrams * Mock war scenarios and weap
Tom Clancy NF [08] - SSN
โ Scribed by Tom Clancy; Martin Greenberg
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 875 KB
- Series
- NF 8
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Product Description
Updated with new material on Seawolf and Virginia
"Takes readers deeper than they've ever gone inside a nuclear submarine." (Kirkus Reviews)
A rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine with Tom Clancy as your guide...
Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement...the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves.
Submarine includes:
- Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
- Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures
- An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations
- The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
- Tom Clancy's controversial views on submariner tactics and training methods.
About the Author
Tom Clancy has had an unbroken string of international bestsellers since the publication of his first novel, The Hunt for Red October. He is also the co-creator, with Steve Pieczenik, of the Op-Centre series. Tom Clancy's latest novel is Executive Orders, his biggest-selling hardback ever -- a New York Times and Sunday Times No 1 bestseller.
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