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1) Nimitz class
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Pub. Date
c1997
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It's as big as the Empire State Building, a massive floating fortress at the throbbing heart of a U.S. Navy Carrier Battle Group. Its supersonic aircraft can level entire cities at a stroke. Its surveillance gear can track every target within thousands of square miles--in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. Its crew of six thousand works night and day to keep this awesome military machine at peak performance. It's a Nimitz-Class nuclear carrier,...
2) Kilo class
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Pub. Date
1998.
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It's one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built-and it's about to set off World War III. Silent at less than five knots and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch, it's the 240-foot Russian Kilo Class submarine. Strapped for hard cash, the Russians have produced ten new Kilos for Beijing. The Chinese have already received three of the subs and now the last seven are ready to be delivered-a code-red situation the Pentagon...
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Pub. Date
[1999]
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A British submarine captured by an Iraqi terrorist proceeds to shoot down aircraft, including one carrying the U.S. vice-president. No one realizes this, the planes having simply disappeared. When the mystery is finally solved, an admiral goes after him. By the author of Nimitz Class.
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Armed with stolen U. S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry, led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U. S. fleet, the 9, 000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf,...
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Pub. Date
c2003
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The enemy from within . . . Iranian-born British Commando Major Ray Kerman was a rising star in the SAS -- until he abruptly switched loyalties while on a mission in the Middle East. Fanatically determined to employ his brilliant talents and training in the destruction of those he once swore to protect, he is now General Ravi Rashood, leader of the world's most vicious terrorist organization -- and he has found his ultimate weapon: Barracuda 945....
7) Ghost force
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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America, Britain, and Russia are drawn itno a battle for a gigantic oil strike on the desolate Falkland Islands. Russia is poised to help Argentina oust the British from the Falkland Islands, and Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to counter them. The United States sends Navy SEALs in a secret attack to destroy a lethal Russian submarine lying in wait to stop them.