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	Naval warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Naval warfare is combat in and on seas and oceans.
		One scenario that was the focus of American naval planning during the Cold War was a conflict between two modern and well equipped fleets on the high seas, the clash of the United States and the Soviet Union.
		Power projection has been the primary naval feature of conflicts like the Korean War, Suez Crisis, Vietnam War, Konfrontasi, Gulf War, Kosovo War and both campaigns of the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_warfare (3270 words)

	Naval warfare pc games Award winning game!
		Naval warfare pc games at their best - If you'd like to lead your forces into challenging electrifying battles get Complete Carriers at War.
		Naval warfare pc games - Fleet Carriers operations during WWII in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean theaters.
		Carriers at War 1 representing the first half of the war in the Pacific between Japanese and Allied forces and Carriers at War 2 the second half.
	www.ssgus.com /ccaw.html (1384 words)

	US NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
		Naval Special Warfare (NSW), provides an effective means to apply counterforce in conjunction with national policy and objectives in peacetime and across the spectrum of hostilities from peacetime operations to limited war to general war.
		Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (NSWG 1) in Coronado, California, is one of the six major operational components of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
		Naval Special Warfare Task Groups (NSWTG), and Task Units (NSWTU), are task organized, tailored in size and composition to the mission, and resourced from NSWG and subordinate commands.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch4.htm (1384 words)

	Naval Warfare in ancient India
		In naval tactics, as in many other branches of military science, the Hindus proved themselves unequal to their Muhammadan antagonists, The Jat fleet, though numerically superior, was vastly inferior to that of their rivals in its organisation, in the type of its men-of-war, and probably also in the art and science of maritime warfare.
		Naval warfare was not altogether unknown in Gupta India.
		It was because of the nautical resources of their people, that the Tamil kings had to face no difficulty in creating a navy for offensive and defensive warfare.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/cha.htm (5037 words)

	AVIATION BOOKS AEROPLANE BOOKS - MISCELLANEOUS AIRPLANES BOOKS
		ACES IN COMMAND, Boyne, Walter, Brassey, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, American aces from each major aerial conflict of this century: World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, photos, 249 pgs.
		ANY TIME, ANY PLACE, Chinnery, Philip, Naval Institute Press, 1993, new, see photo, history of USAF Air Commando & Special Operations Forces, 1944-1994,based on official records and interviews with survivors, including details of service in Vietnam, Iran, Granada, Panama, the Gulf and special operations today, photos, 302 pgs.
		AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, Chesneau, Roger, Naval Institute, 1984, new, see photo, comprehensive reference, detailed data, line drawings & photographs, 360-plus carriers designed or projected by the world's navies, 288 pgs.
	www.aeroplanebooks.com /misc_pg1.htm (5037 words)

	Ships of the Ancient Greeks - An Annotated List
		William L. Rodgers, Greek and Roman Naval Warfare: A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design from Salamis (480 B.C.) to Actium (31 B.C.) - Exactly as the title implies, this is a wonderfully thorough examination of how naval battles of antiquity were won and lost.
		Warfare in Hellas - Naval Warfare - An overview of the subject including the evolution of the fighting ship, naval weapons, and sea tactics.
		Naval and Maritime Museums: Greece - Gopher sites of Greek nautical museums - some with large image files of triremes and models of ancient ships, others with just images of museum building exteriors.
	www.bulfinch.org /fables/grkship.html (5037 words)

	The Civil War: Naval Warfare
		From the earliest days of naval warfare nearly up to the year 1861 the wooden ship was the type of warlike vessels, oaken beams being the strongest bulwarks behind which fought the gallant sailors of the past.
		Another idea was adopted which also has had a revolutionizing effect on naval warfare, that of the employment of very heavy guns.
		It may be said here that the use of the Monitor idea in warfare practically ended with our civil war.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_III/civilwar_df.html (817 words)

	US NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
		Naval Special Warfare (NSW), provides an effective means to apply counterforce in conjunction with national policy and objectives in peacetime and across the spectrum of hostilities from peacetime operations to limited war to general war.
		Naval Special Warfare Group TWO (NSWG-2), located in Little Creek, VA, is the one of the six major operational components of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
		Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (NSWG 1) in Coronado, California, is one of the six major operational components of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch4.htm (6252 words)

	Ancient Greek Naval Warfare
		Rodgers, W.R., Greek and Roman Naval Warfare (Annapolis, 1937)
		Circa 800BC the ram was invented and changed naval battles to a contest of speed and maneuver.
		In war they were mainly used to transport troops and naval battles were boarding actions.
	www.inisfail.com /~ancients/greek-naval.html (869 words)

	Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail
		Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the mid-eighteenth century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail reveals how warships were built, sailed, and fought in the era made popular today by the novels of Patrick O'Brian and C. Forester.
		Bernard Ireland, a naval engineer, is the author of many books, including Jane's War at Sea 189797 and Jane¹s Naval History of World War II.
		Acclaimed naval artist Tony Gibbons illustrates every type of sailing warship from ships of the line, frigates, and sloops to privateers' schooners, bomb ketches, and xebecs.
	www.wwnorton.com /catalog/fall00/004983.htm (206 words)

	News from USJFCOM: Co-sponsored wargame begins at Naval War College
		War games are used to study a wide range of issues from space to anti-submarine warfare, from unconventional warfare to global war, from advanced technology to political-military relationships.
		With a wargaming department that celebrated its centennial more than a dozen years ago, the Naval War College supports a gaming schedule of approximately 50 games a year.
		News from USJFCOM: Co-sponsored wargame begins at Naval War College
	www.jfcom.mil /newslink/storyarchive/2003/pa100603.htm (206 words)

	Naval War College
		Military students are selected to attend the College of Naval Warfare by their respective services.
		James D. Grace has reported to the Naval War College, College of Naval Warfare, in Newport, Rhode Island.
		The student will attend a multidisciplinary program designed for U.S. Naval and Coast Guard officers in the grades of captain or commander; U.S. Marine Corps, Army and Air Force officers in the grade of colonel or lieutenant colonel, and civilians of equivalent seniority from various federal agencies.
	www.southbaynews.com /news/2004/1124/Community_News/018.html (206 words)

	NAVAL WAR COLLEGE MUSEUM: warcollg.html
		Mission Statement: To document and preserve history of naval warfare and the naval heritage of Narragansett Bay.
		General areas - "ancient" and modern naval warfare.
		Many displayed paintings are hung in nearby college buildings but may require special arrangements to determine what and where they are and how to view them.
	www.naut-res-guild.org /MIS/warcollg.html (206 words)

	Navy League
		The collapse of the USSR has prompted the most dramatic changes in naval undersea warfare since the buildup after World War II and the start of the Cold War.
		The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), together with industry and academic partners, is exploring the development of such devices, their application to evolving fleet operational concepts, and the resolution of related command-and-control issues.
		He has been employed at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in Newport, R.I., since 1999, on projects related to the development of undersea warfare capabilities and initiatives.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/july_02_43.php (206 words)

	GAO - Special Operations Forces: Force Structure and Readiness Issues
		Special operations are conducted independently or in coordination with conventional forces during peacetime--operations short of declared war or intense warfare--and war.
		Although special operations forces are responsible for the combat search and rescue of their own forces when operating in environments that demand unique special operations capability, their equipment is not specifically designed, and their personnel are not specifically trained for conventional search and rescue missions.
		The command was to be responsible for ensuring the combat readiness of assigned forces and for conducting assigned missions.
	www.fas.org /irp/gao/nsi94105.htm (206 words)

	US NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
		Naval Special Warfare (NSW), provides an effective means to apply counterforce in conjunction with national policy and objectives in peacetime and across the spectrum of hostilities from peacetime operations to limited war to general war.
		Commanded by a Navy Commander (O-5), it consists of a headquarters element and has operational control of SEAL platoons and Special Boat Unit Detachments from the Naval Special Warfare Group ONE and from Special Boat Squadron ONE that forward deploy to NSWU-1 on a six month rotational duty.
		Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (NSWG 1) in Coronado, California, is one of the six major operational components of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch4.htm (206 words)

	U.S. Naval War College's NewRuleSets.Project homepage
		involved personnel from the Warfare Analysis and Research Department (Dr. Lawrence Modisett, Chairman) of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies
		U.S. Naval War College/Code 39/686 Cushing Road/Newport RI 02841
		Transformation Trends newsletter of the Office of Force Transformation (OSD) [18 Nov 02]; originally published in The Providence Journal [7 Nov 02) under the title "The 'Core' and 'Gap': Defining Rules in a Dangerous World," and reprinted in the Early Bird Supplement on that date
	www.thomaspmbarnett.com /projects/newrulesset/nrs_index.html (206 words)

	A Short Reader's Guide to the Age of Fighting Sail: Naval History from 1775 to 1815
		Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: the evolution of fighting tactics 1650-1815.
		Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail : War at Sea 1756 - 1815.
		The intent of this bibliography is to list some of the best books on naval and maritime history for the period 1775 through 1815, including the War of American Independence, and the wars involving Britain, France and the United States from 1793 to 1815.
	home.earthlink.net /~swier/FSbooks.html (206 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Insofar as future warfare was concerned, the most important naval developments of World War II may have occurred in the North Atlantic, where the struggle for survival of Great Britain was won before the United States offensive in the Pacific began.
		Naval developments in World War II may be divided into four categories: (1) carrier operations, (2) amphibious operations, (3) mobile logistics, and (4) antisubmarine warfare.
		The task force method of conducting naval warfare is a byproduct of what might be called the task-type organization of naval operating forces.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_12.html (3913 words)

	United States Naval War College Museum on Visit New England
		The History of the "art and science" of naval warfare, chiefly as studied at the Naval War College through the years, is the principal theme of the Naval War College Museum, which is located in Founders Hall (1820), the original site of the College (1884 - 1889) and a National Historic Landmark.
		At the present time the Naval War College consists of four resident schools, a College for Continuing Education, and a Center for Naval Warfare Studies for advanced research on current naval questions.
		This was followed by the establishment of the Naval Training Station, the first shore-based recruit training facility in America, on Coasters Harbor Island in 1883, the establishment of the Naval War College in 1884, and the use of the bay as the principle anchorage for the developing Atlantic Fleet after 1900.
	www.visitnewport.com /buspages/navy (814 words)

	Information Warfare, I-War, IW, C4I, Cyberwar
		Information warfare, also known as I-War, IW, C4I, or Cyberwar, has recently become of increasing importance to the military, the intelligence community, and the business world.
		The purpose of the IASIW is to facilitate an understanding of information warfare with reference to both military and civilian life.
		Links are to external resources on the World Wide Web and herefore, there is no control of the content of such information and no legal responsibility or liability for any aspect of such information is accepted or implied.
	www.psycom.net /iwar.1.html (1191 words)

	Research War Gaming & Publications
		The Dean of Naval Warfare Studies, Dr. Ken Watman, oversees the efforts of a full-time, government-funded research staff organized into six departments within the Center: Strategic Research, War Gaming, Advanced Research, Oceans Law and Policy, Naval War College Press, Warfare Analysis and Research Department, as well as a detachment of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
		The topic and approach are approved by the President of the College upon the recommendation of an Advanced Research Council consisting of the Deans of Naval Warfare Studies and Academics, selected members of the Center's staff, and members of the College's resident faculty.
		In 1976, the Office of Naval Intelligence, Suitland, Maryland, established a detachment in Newport to act as a link between the intelligence community and the Center for Naval Warfare Studies.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /cnws (1006 words)

	NDP 1: NAVAL DOCTRINE PUBLICATION 1 NAVAL WARFARE (U)
		NDP 1: NAVAL DOCTRINE PUBLICATION 1 NAVAL WARFARE (U) (U) "The only satisfactory method of ensuring unity of effort lies in due preparation of the minds of the various commanders, both chief and subordinate, before the outbreak of hostilities.
		It revisits the principles of war from the naval perspective, and describes how naval forces focus their resources to attain operational superiority.
		NDP 1 outlines the varied missions naval forces routinely execute and the wide range of capabilities that naval forces possess.
	www.nwdc.navy.mil /Library/Documents/NDPs/NDP1/NDP10001.HTM (1051 words)

	Naval Institute Conferences and Expositions
		We invite you to join naval strategists, operational commanders, political leaders, defense industry analysts, and journalists in advancing ideas that illuminate missions, define capabilities, and help to shape the roles of current and future war fighters.
		U.S. Naval Institute Conferences bring to life topical discussion from the pages of our flagship magazines, Proceedings and Naval History, as well as highly respected books published by the Naval Institute Press.
		Audio recordings of all of the thoughtful and insightful addresses and discussions at Naval Institute Conferences since 1994 are available for purchase as CDs and tapes.
	www.usni.org /Seminars/seminars.html (164 words)

	Historic California Posts: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
		The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is headquartered in really old buildings with the sawtooth roofs known as Air Force Plant 19 near Old Town and the airport.
		The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) officially complete its move and transition from the Washington, DC area and opened its San Diego headquarters in a special Transition Ceremony on 01 October 1997.
		The The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center was formerly known as the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC) RDTandE Division (or NRaD).
	www.militarymuseum.org /AFPlant19.html (827 words)

	StrategicStudiesGroup
		Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) at the U.S. Naval War College in 1998 represents the further institutionalization of the Process for Naval Warfare Innovation, particularly in the Development/Experimentation Phase.
		The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Strategic Studies Group (SSG) generates revolutionary naval warfare concepts.
		Only after considerable iteration did new thinking, combining the unarticulated requirement and technology, result in what became major naval warfare innovations.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /ssg (289 words)

	La Luciole - Naval war in the pacific, 1914
		This is a 6 part twice weekly magazine exploring naval warfare in the Pacific in 1914.
		La Luciole - Naval war in the pacific, 1914
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	www.laluciole.net /eas (49 words)

	The Official SEEKRIEG Website
		This site is maintained by the authors of SEEKRIEG and is intended as a resource for those of us interested in naval warfare who, in this life, have never had the opportunity to shout "open fire" from the bridge of a warship as it plunges through a wind-whipped sea to engage the enemy.
		Whether you are fascinated by the lumbering old pre-dreadnought warships of 1880-1906, the majestic dreadnought battlefleets of the early Twentieth Century, the fast carrier task forces of World War Two or anything in-between, we hope you will find some interesting and useful information here.
		The fourth edition of SEEKRIEG was published in 1981 as a comprehensive set of naval wargame rules covering the era 1880 through 1945.
	www.seekrieg.com (275 words)

	Naval warfare at the speed of light - Jane's Naval Forces
		Naval warfare at the speed of light - Jane's Naval Forces
		"The advent of directed-energy weapons [DEW] and electromagnetic rail guns has the potential for revolutionising warship design and operations," underscored Rear Adm Mike Mathis, a former commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, now Director, Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization.
		Cutting through the fog of war: armed forces strive to reduce fratricide threat
	www.janes.com /defence/naval_forces/news/jni/jni030617_1_n.shtml (441 words)

	Special Boat Team Receives Commendation; SEAL Gets Bronze Star
		The Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) and SEAL commandos of SBT-12 received the award for unparalleled success in support of Naval Special Warfare and unified command missions during Operation Enduring Freedom.
		Also during the ceremony, Lasky, a SEAL attached to Naval Special Warfare Group 3, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his personal contributions to global war on terrorism.
		While serving as Commander, Naval Special Operations Forces (NAVSOF) attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force South in Afghanistan, Lasky planned 10 combat missions, which resulted in the capture of dozens of enemy personnel and the destruction of tens of thousands of pounds of enemy materials.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=5878 (441 words)

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