You’d be surprised how often intelligence analysts use those books.
“You’d be surprised how often intelligence analysts use those books.”
I’ve still got a couple old volumes that the gov’t was surplus-ing quite a few years ago. We had better, non-public data, but the Jane’s books were still useful.
You’d be surprised how often intelligence analysts use those books.
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In WWII when the Nazi Subs were patrolling the East Coast like they owned it, the U Boats would use the lights of Miami, Atlantic City and the other beach ‘resort’ areas to attack shipping which was hugging the coast line.
It took a lot to get those people on the Coast to ‘turn off the lights at night’..
Also, Capt Reinhart CO U123 transited Long Island Sound - using an Esso road Map to navigate - along with the lights. They made it into NY Harbor...
From Wikipedia, ref “Operation Drum Beat” good data on the 1941-42 times on the East Coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Happy_Time
The book/site below is not classified and has been used for decades to develop current Naval Orders of Battle for possible bad guys and their naval intentionhs. Then our plans to contain or block the bad guys/
What is classified is where/how we got the data on the officers and tied it into their plans.
That would not be available to the guys and gals on those boats.
This is an attempt to blame the sailors put into danger by stupid naval commanders instead of the commanders.
http://www.janes.com/magazines/ihs-janes-navy-international