MILITARY SUPPORT SHIPS

Here is a brief contents of the publication - the articles selected for inclusion into this compilation cover such interesting and practical topics as the development of heavy RAS, the future of the replenishment at sea, new concepts for fleet tankers - explorations into pricing and available options, cost effective and pragmatic environmental management of support vessels, twenty-first century support ships, the modular support ships considered as one low-cost answer to numerous needs, research and tool development applied to the support oh high-speed sealift concepts, automatic cargo handling, stern landing vessels, naval design through the innovative concepts of the sea-basing logistic support, application of the system engineering to UNREP design, landing craft motions in a flooded well dock and associated effect of well dock design, dynamic positioning and tracking onboard the Bay class LSD. The first of the documents provides some general information on the strategic context of the UK Royal Navy, followed by the equipment programme, some words about the current maritime environment and major naval assets, new platforms and introduction of the MARS programme...