Show Jane's Janes Latest Janes Fighting Ships published in London since the nineteenth century says the United States Navy is faced with a block obsolescence problem The latest copy of the book that describes 14 ships in the navies of more than a hundred countries countries countries coun coun- tries says the US U.S. Navy is still the worlds world's most powerful powerful powerful power power- ful but that many of its world war II ships are becoming a liability being more than a quarter of f a century old JANES JANE'S lists the number of ships in the Russian Navy as compared to in inthe inthe inthe the US U.S. Navy but says Russia has 1575 relatively new ships to of the U. U S. S Navy Janes Jane's lists the number of nuclear subs in Uncle Sams Sam's navy as 90 compared to 65 powered nuclear-powered subs in the Soviet sea arm but notes the Russians possess a huge numerical numerical numerical nu nu- nu- nu merical edge in total subs in operation with diesels in Commission The US U.S. is currently not adding new boats to its powered nuclear-powered submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine fleet having curtailed its building program due to the Vietnam war the Rus Rus- are adding to theirs monthly THE LATEST annual naval survey from the world makes it it unmistakably clear this country will lose naval superiority superiority superiority su su- su- su to the Russians in ina a a few years unless naval construction construction construction con con- is resumed in certain certain certain tain key ship categories Con Con- fir res ot v t J until timet t T decision ision |