seapower
Maritime military strength
Seapower is naval strength—a nation's capacity to project military force across oceans through warships, submarines, and supporting infrastructure.
A country with seapower can protect trade routes, blockade enemies, and land forces on distant shores.
The term also refers to nations possessing such capability: Britain was the dominant seapower of the nineteenth century.
Narrow passages restricting flow
- SuezEgyptian canal city
- PanamaIsthmus nation with waterway
- Strait of HormuzNarrow passage linking gulfs
- GibraltarBritish overseas territory, Iberian
territorial waters · maritime law · shipping lanes · trade routes · energy security · diplomacy · freedom of navigation · arms race
Armed naval vessel
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- carrierOne that transports
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
battleship · cruiser · corvette · amphibious · armada · flotilla · taskforce · dreadnought
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
preeminence · mastery · command · control · naval supremacy · blue-water navy · projection · influence
Maritime vessel construction site
- shipyardVessel construction site
- naval baseMilitary port for warships
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- portDocking place for ships
anchorage · arsenal · drydock · replenishment · homeport · Pearl Harbor · Norfolk · Singapore
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Dutch EmpireNetherlands' overseas colonial territories
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
East India Company · conquest · expansion · colonies · territory · spice trade · triangular trade · Age of Discovery
Established body of teachings
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- blockadeSealing off a place
- blue-waterOf the open ocean
- littoralRelating to seashores
expeditionary · logistics · sealift · Corbett · naval warfare · amphibious assault · readiness
chokepoints
Narrow passages restricting flow
- SuezEgyptian canal city
- PanamaIsthmus nation with waterway
- Strait of HormuzNarrow passage linking gulfs
Gibraltar · territorial waters · maritime law · shipping lanes · trade routes · energy security · diplomacy · freedom of navigation · arms race · containment
warship
Armed naval vessel
frigate · battleship · cruiser · corvette · amphibious · armada · flotilla · taskforce · dreadnought · aircraft carrier
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
sovereignty · preeminence · mastery · command · control · naval supremacy · blue-water navy · projection · influence · clout
dockyard
Maritime vessel construction site
- shipyardVessel construction site
- naval baseMilitary port for warships
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
port · anchorage · arsenal · drydock · replenishment · homeport · Pearl Harbor · Norfolk · Singapore
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Dutch EmpireNetherlands' overseas colonial territories
Spanish Empire · East India Company · conquest · expansion · colonies · territory · spice trade · triangular trade · Age of Discovery · mercantilism
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- blockadeSealing off a place
- blue-waterOf the open ocean
littoral · expeditionary · logistics · sealift · Corbett · naval warfare · amphibious assault · readiness
seapowerland power
Military strength on terrain
land forces · ground forces · army · airpower · air power
seapowersoft power
Influence through appeal
economic power · territorial expansion · isolationism · diplomatic influence · landlocked state