naval dominance
Fleet-based military superiority
Naval dominance is control of the seas through superior military force.
A nation with naval dominance can protect its own shipping, blockade enemies, and project power across oceans.
The concept has shaped geopolitics since ancient times: Britain's naval dominance made it an empire, The U.S. maintains naval dominance in the Pacific.
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
- aircraft carriersWarships with flight decks
- carrier strike groupWarship formation centered on flattop
- blockadeSealing off a place
Age of Sail · ship of the line · amphibious warfare · blue-water navy · command of the sea · chokepoint · gunboat diplomacy · sonar systems · territorial waters · stealth technology · missile defense systems · frigates · warship · tonnage · flagship · gunboat · supremacy · coastline
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- naval warfarebattleship, destroyer, sea battles, warship, cruiser
- maritime powersPhoenicians, Vikings, Portugal, Spain, Britain
- Naval Geopoliticssea power, freedom of navigation, territorial waters, chokepoints, sea lanes
- sea powerssea power, British Empire, Dutch Empire, Spanish Empire, Royal Navy
- Maritime RepublicsVenice, Genoa, Pisa, Amalfi, doge