Virtual War in the Ice Jungle
‘We don't know how to do this’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11158293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary E Weir (a Contemporary History Branch U.S. Naval History Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 411-427 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402390500088635 |
| OpenAlex | W2053080452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Cold War at sea expanded in many realms, including the frigid and treacherous waters of the Arctic Ocean. The US Navy pioneered these efforts with the visit of USS Nautilus to the North Pole in 1958. During the latter stages of the Cold War, however, Soviet naval strategists began to conceptualize the polar ice cap as a strategic asset for cloaking the operations of its nuclear missile submarines. As under-ice operations afforded the Soviet submarine fleet advantages of stealth, proximity to target and tighter lines of communications, both navies were forced to try to develop tactics for combat under these extremely complex and arduous conditions
Aeronautics · Arctic · Cold war · Economic history · Geography · Meteorology · Navy · Political science · Submarine · The arctic · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Engineering · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Geology · History · Law · Military Strategy and Technology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |