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Volume 54, Number 9, September 2011
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Coming Up In SEAPOWER
SPECIAL FOCUS: AIR WARFARE & FLIGHT OPERATIONS
Coverage will include:
■ Maritime Strike: Smart weapons adapted for mobile targets at sea.
■ Flight Deck Ops: New technology to manage aircraft on the deck
of a carrier.
■ Performance Report: The Fire Scout on USS Halyburton and in
Afghanistan.
■ Missile Defense: Future challenges for the Aegis BMD system.
ALSO IN OCTOBER
■ Apprentice Training: Success at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
■ The Seabees: An interview with Rear Adm. Mark A. Handley, commander, First Naval Construction Division and Naval Construction
Forces Command.
■ Security Threats: Protecting the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
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