Kilo Class (novel)

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''''Kilo Class''''' is a 1998 novel by Patrick Robinson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilo Class (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #2) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43051.Kilo_Class |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref> It features characters found in his earlier novel, ''Nimitz Class'', including Admiral Arnold Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilo Class (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #2) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43051.Kilo_Class |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>

The novel concerns an attempt by the People's Republic of China to obtain a fleet of {{sclass2|Kilo|submarine|2}}s from Russia, and a series of covert operations carried out by the United States Navy using a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}} and Navy SEALs in order to prevent the Chinese from receiving the new boats. The submarines are wanted by China because their ability to operate silently at low speed would make it possible to dominate the Taiwanese Strait even against US Naval opposition. The novel is set in the United States, Russia, China, Taiwan and the Southern Ocean Kerguelen Islands.

According to WorldCat, the book is held in 987 libraries <ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38112468 WorldCat book entry]</ref>

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Category:1997 American novels Category:1997 English-language novels Category:American thriller novels Category:Military of the United States in fiction Category:Works about the United States Navy Category:Military of China in fiction Category:Novels about submarine warfare