Badakh Y. The fleet in the local wars and armed conflicts of of the second half of the 40-th years XX century and beginning of the XXI century

The thesis is devoted to a complex investigation of the international experience of the use of fleets in local wars and armed conflicts that took place during the postwar period, their role in accomplishment of military and political missions. An analytical and critical study of a large number of sources and the use of new methodological approaches were used for the analysis of the whole complex of issues connected with the history of the fighting arms and weapons and equipment of the fleets of the leading powers of the world and of their experience of the use in military conflicts of the US navy, the navy of the NATO and other countries, the USSR navy, their influence on the forms and ways of the use of fleets, WMT, OPS and military art which are the basic constituents of the navy construction was shown. The state of fleets of the leading countries of the world and the concepts of further development of their navies were shown. The development of the Ukrainian navy was highlighted, a historical forecast and practical recommendations as to its numerical and qualitative strength were made, the necessity