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The essential guide to the world's warships
Warship RecognitionReviewed by Paul Corti, 2008-02-15
This book is very up-to-date as far as modern warships reference books come. I like this book a lot, it comes in handy when I am trying to identify a current warship that I read about in other books, or seen in movies. Paul Corti. Briarwood, NY. United States.
A treasure of information on WarshipsReviewed by Francois Bardol, 2006-07-01
In a clear, concise manner, Anthony Watts has written this Book at
a pivotal time. A shift is present in all Naval Forces , because of
the End of The Cold War , and the rise of new types of conflicts.
Due to the enormous amount of information presentd in a simple
manner , anyone can understand and compare the need for, the
function of and the difference between the various classes of
Warships, amongst the World Naval Forces. Why and When a certain
class of ship replaces What , becomes clearer and more interesting,
due to this brilliant introduction and presentation.
We also get to look at the photos and the classic " black
silhouettes " ( profile of ships on the horizon), permitting to ID
ships more easily.
A+ and a "plus" for anyone interested in Warships as a Peace time
deterrent, or as awesome power in time of War.Francois Bardol
Less Complete, but Smaller, Handier and a Lot CheaperReviewed by John Matlock, 2006-06-25
Jane's guides have long been the standard book of identifying
weapons systems rather they were airplanes, missile systems or
ships. And because the books are so big they are expensive to buy.
The result has been a series of smaller 'Recognition Guides,' based
on the information in the big books. This one is obviously on
warships. It's a small format book, only about 5 by 7 inches, and a
bit under 400 pages. (In contrast, Jane's Fighting Ships, the big
book is 9 by 13 inches, 967 pages and costs $725.)
At present the Navy's of the world are in a period of transition.
The threats of the Cold War seem past, and the newer ships reflect
having to operate in an anti-terrorist environment rather than a
major blue ocean battle. Also stealth technology has been
influencing ship design as well. The new ships don't have the
cluttered look of the ships of old (where old is not that many
years), but have clean lines to reflect radar waves away from the
sender rather than back.
This book obviously has to eliminate a lot of the information in
the big book, but is a much handier size at a much handier price.
Watts this?Reviewed by Georgios-ilias Alexiou, 2006-04-28
I waited with eagerness for the fourth edition of Jane's Warship
Recognition Guide, since from the last one there have been many
changes in naval affairs. But when it arrived I was dissapointed.
Until now Jane's Warship Recognition Guides were updated to include
every new major warship class. Not this one. For example it does
not include the new danish Absalon class multipurpose landing
ships, the indonesian Tanjung Dalpele LPD, or the new russian Lada
class SSK, all in service with their respective navys. It also does
not include the new japanese Atago class DDG, or the south korean
Dokdo LHD, both of which are only a couple months shy of starting
their sea trials. Another dissapointing thing is that there is
still a photo of a Typhoon class SSBN in the entry of the Oscar
class, as well as the profile of the south african MEKO A200 in the
MEKO 360 entry and the profile of the danish Thetis in the estonian
Admiral Pitka, has nobody noticed this mistakes for four years in
HarperCollins? Then there is the use of 12 profile drawings instead
of photos, of which only 3 are of ships still under construction
and for the other 9, there are plenty of photos around (just take a
look in Jane's Fighting Ships). The last thing I want to point out
are the many small photos. I can understand this in the cases where
the text covers the rest of the page, but not where it is empty. I
hope when this edition is revised, they will fix the above
problems, since the rest of the book is very good.
P.S. I don't think that the new CVN21 class supercarriers will be
only 255m long
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