naval race
Warship building contest
A naval race is competition between nations to build the largest or most powerful fleet of warships.
The term evokes the Anglo-German naval rivalry before World War I, when Britain and Germany competed to outbuild each other in battleships.
Such races typically signal deteriorating diplomatic relations and often precede armed conflict: The naval race in the Pacific has accelerated dramatically.
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- capital shipsLargest military vessels
- armamentsCollective military weapons
- fleetVehicles under unified command
admiralty · tonnage · warships · imperialism · rivalry · supremacy · Britain · British Empire · Germany · cruisers · shipyards · firepower · seapower · escalation · militarism · destroyers · arms · competition
naval racedisarmament treaty
Agreement to reduce weapons
arms limitation · demilitarization · disarmament · arms reduction · détente
naval raceregatta
Organized boat racing event
yacht race · boat race · sailing competition · America's Cup · rowing race
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