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Parent topics
- Amphibious warfare [r]: The set of techniques, equipment, specialized units, and methods of training needed to move troops across water, and deliver them to land, ready for immediate combat. [e]
- Navy [r]: A military force organized primarily for missions on, under, or above bodies of water [e]
Subtopics
- Beach Jumpers [r]: U.S. Navy special warfare units, specializing in deception and psychological warfare. [e]
- Landing craft [r]: A boat or other self-propelled watercraft, carried aboard a ship, intended for amphibious warfare or similar operations where landings at a prepared seaport are not practical. Such a craft may discharge troops or equipment on the beach, or may be capable of independent movement on land. [e]
- Littoral warfare [r]: Air, sea, subsurface, and land warfare that takes place in waters near a coast, or on coastal land areas. [e]
Other related topics
- Bioluminescence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Radar [r]: A contraction of radio direction and ranging, used for detecting and tracking targets, navigation, imagery, and special applications. [e]
- Sonar [r]: A contraction of sound navigation and ranging, formally includes the active mode in which a pulse goes out and a receiver measures the echo. Also includes hydrophones or passive, listen-only systems. [e]
- Tide [r]: The rising or falling of an ocean due to tidal forces. [e]
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
