naval expansion
Building more warships
Naval expansion is the growth of a nation's maritime military forces—building more warships, establishing new bases, enlarging personnel.
The term often appears in historical contexts discussing arms races or imperial ambitions: British naval expansion in the 19th century secured its global dominance.
Countries pursue naval expansion to project power, protect trade routes, or counter rivals.
- aircraft carrierWarship with flight deck
- carrier strike groupWarship formation centered on flattop
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- corvetteLight, fast warship
destroyer · imperialism · arms race · dreadnought · Russo-Japanese War · frigate · submarine · sea power · trade routes · blockade · militarism · patrol boat · defense budget · radar systems · warship · admiralty · geopolitical strategy · fleet
naval expansiondecommissioning
Withdrawing from active service
disarmament · arms limitation · demilitarization · demobilization · mothballing
naval expansiondisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
demilitarization · arms reduction · peace dividend · arms limitation · pacifism