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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Parent topics
- Argentina [r]: Second largest South American country; speaks Spanish. [e]
- amphibious warfare [r]: The set of techniques, equipment, specialized units, and methods of training needed to move troops across water, and deliver them to land, ready for immediate combat. [e]
- anti-air warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of defending against aircraft and missiles, from platforms under naval command and control, possibly in coordination with other services and possibly defending land as well as sea areas. [e] (AAW)
- anti-submarine warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking underwater vessels, from platforms under naval command and control. [e] (ASW)
- anti-surface warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking surface vessels, from small boats to supertankers and aircraft carriers, from platforms under naval command and control [e] (ASuW)
- power projection [r]: The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges [e]
- Royal Navy [r]: By long naval tradition, when there is no qualifier but "Royal", the navy being discussed is that of the United Kingdom. [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (population c. 60.9 million; capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; formally known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
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- HMS Antelope [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MV Atlantic Conveyor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Ardent [r]: Add brief definition or description
- ARA General Belgrano [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Sheffield [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Ascension Island [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Airborne early warning [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Exocet [r]: An aging French anti-shipping missile, which can be fired from land, aircraft, heicopter and ship platforms, and which has a considerable combat record [e]
- BAE Sea Harrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AIM-9 Sidewinder [r]: The first operational heat-seeking air-to-air missile, this weapon, with five generations of improvements, has been in service for over fifty years. [e]
- Avro Vulcan [r]: Add brief definition or description
