blue water navy
1Blue-water navy — The term blue water navy is a colloquialism used to describe a maritime force capable of operating across the deep waters of open oceans. [British Maritime Doctrine, BR 1806, Third Edition, dated 2004] While what actually constitutes such a force …
2Brown-water navy — is a term that originated in the United States Navy, referring to the small gunboats and patrol boats used in rivers. A broader meaning is any naval force that has the capacity to carry out military operations in river or littoral environments.… …
3Green-water navy — A green water navy is a naval term that refers to a naval force based around a coastal or littoral capability.Fact|date=February 2007 This is a relatively new terminology, as non blue water navies used to be collectively referred to as brown… …
4blue-water — /blooh waw teuhr, wot euhr/, adj. designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base. [1900 05] * * * …
5blue-water — /blooh waw teuhr, wot euhr/, adj. designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base. [1900 05] …
6Navy — Naval and Naval Force redirect here. For other uses of Naval , see Naval (disambiguation). For other uses of Navy , see Navy (disambiguation). The Spanish Armada fighting the English navy at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588 A navy (sometimes… …
7Blue Team (U.S. politics) — The Blue Team is an informal term for a group of politicians and journalists in United States loosely unified by their belief that the People s Republic of China is a significant security threat to the United States. Though allied on some issues… …
8Navy Expeditionary Combat Command — seal. Active …
9Indian Navy — crest Active 1947–Present Country …
10Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy — The ships of the People s Liberation Army Navy number over a hundred combatant ships, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of… …
