Search for dissertations about: "Submarines"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word Submarines.

  2. 1. Cold water politics : The maritime strategy and geopolitics of the northern front

    Author : Ola Tunander; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Security Politics; Semiotics; Geopolitics; Naval Strategy; US Maritime Strategy; Submarines; Scandinavia; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea; Diplomatic Signals; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The dissertation deals with the strategic field of force dominating the Northern waters. Instead of an emphasis on the declared policies of the various nations, the focus here is on geopolitics, technological change and on US and Soviet military strategies influencing the security policies of the Nordic region. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Politics of Combat : The Political and Strategic Impact of Tactical-Level Subcultures, 1939-1995

    Author : Tony Ingesson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; implementation; Public Administration; civil-military relations; strategic; tactical; military; combat; war; security; strategic corporal; submarines; u-boats; Yom Kippur War; WWII; Bosnia War; Nordbat; Dutchbat; Srebrenica; Song My; My Lai; Ubootwaffe; Dönitz; Totenkopfverbände; Eicke; Concentration camps; Holocaust; atrocities; subcultures;

    Abstract : This dissertation argues that lower-level military leaders, commanding between a dozen and a few hundred troops, can have a major political and strategic impact. Furthermore, it is argued that the decisions made by these lower-level military leaders are shaped by subcultures, in particular under conditions of stress and uncertainty. READ MORE

  5. 3. "near friendly or neutral shores" : the deployment of the fleet ballistic missile submarines and US policy towrads Scandinavia, 1957-1963

    Author : Nils Bruzelius; Hans Weinberger; Kjell Engelbrekt; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

    Abstract : The Polaris submarine, USS George Washington, went on her first deterrent patrol in November 1960. By that, the US Navy had acquired the capability to deliver a retaliatory attack upon Moscow and other cities in the Soviet Union by means of submarine launched ballistic missiles. READ MORE

  6. 4. Estimation Problems in Array Signal Processing, System Identification, and Radar Imagery

    Author : Richard Abrahamsson; Peter Stoica; A. Lee Swindlehurst; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Parameter Estimation; Array Signal Processing; STAP; SAR; Ground Penetrating Radar; System Identification; Bilinear Models; Covariance Matrix Estimation; Signal processing; Signalbehandling; Signalbehandling; Signal Processing;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with parameter estimation, signal processing, and applications. In the first part, imaging using radar is considered. More specifically, two methods are presented for estimation and removal of ground-surface reflections in ground penetrating radar which otherwise hinder reliable detection of shallowly buried landmines. READ MORE

  7. 5. System Studies of Fuel Cell Power Plants

    Author : Timo Kivisaari; KTH; []
    Keywords : fuel cell; power pant; system studies;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns system studies of power plants wheredifferent types of fuel cells accomplish most of the energyconversion.Ever since William Grove observed the fuel cell effect inthe late 1830s fuel cells have been the subject or more or lessintense research and development. READ MORE