naval firepower
Fleet's offensive capability
Naval firepower is the offensive capability of warships—their guns, missiles, torpedoes, and aircraft combined.
The term emphasizes destructive capacity rather than defensive systems: The fleet's naval firepower could level a coastal city.
Military strategists measure naval firepower when comparing forces or planning operations.
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
- big gunsInfluential, powerful people
- torpedoesSelf-guided underwater explosives
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
- gun turretsRotating armored weapon mounts
depth charges · railguns · submarines · frigates · cruise missiles · aircraft carriers · broadsides · corvettes · patrol boats · surface-to-air missiles · precision targeting · ballistic missiles · show of force · salvo · Bismarck · gunnery · stealth technology · Pearl Harbor
naval firepowerground forces
Military troops on land
infantry weapons · air power · aerial bombardment · field artillery
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