THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN NAVAL DIPLOMACY

摘要

When we look at history, we can easily see that besides their conventional missions, armed forces have taken active roles in the application of international and domestic policy. As an instrument of policy, the US Navy played an important role in international disputes and became an indispensable part of US policy because of its mobility, tactical flexibility and wide geographic reach. For these reasons, US naval forces took part in 177 out of 215 recorded incidents of US military diplomacy between 1946 and 1975.