sea power
Fleet-based military strength
Sea power is a nation's naval strength and its ability to project military force across oceans.
The term encompasses warships, merchant fleets, naval bases, and the strategic capacity to control maritime trade routes.
Britain was the dominant sea power for centuries; the United States assumed that role after World War II.
The admiral argued that sea power would determine the outcome of the conflict.
- navalOf maritime warfare
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- ship of the lineLarge armed sailing vessel
- freedom of navigationRight to traverse international waters
- privateeringLicensed wartime ship seizure
supremacy · naval warfare · maritime · naval strategy · projection · gunboat diplomacy · blue-water navy · battle fleet · frigate · shipbuilding · admiral · submarine · aircraft carrier · warship · coastal defense · convoy · blockade runner · merchant marine
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- powerauthority, potency, energy, hydropower, horsepower
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- military studiesmilitary doctrine, military history, military leadership, military law, strategy
- naval affairsadmiralty, naval command, naval operations, naval regulations, naval bases
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
sea powerland power
Military strength on terrain
ground forces · land forces · army · air power · continental army