David Milleris a former officer in the British armed forces, who served in England, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Singapore. He subsequently worked as a freelance author and for three years as a journalist for Jane's Information Group. He worked on the staff of the authoritativeInternational Defense Review, hasserved as Editor of the two-volumeJane's Major Warships, and has written more than fifty other works relating to guns and warfare.