Despite advanced technologies (such as the submarine and modern battleship), naval warfare did not take place during World War I nearly to the extent that it did during World War II. With the exception of u-boat activity in the Atlantic and a few small-scale engagements, naval warfare ...
Although Putin has been, in the main, popular with the Russian public, his reputation suffered when he was perceived to have acted belatedly after the Russian submarineKursksank in Aug., 2000. By the end of his second year in office, however, the Russian president's position had visibly str...