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A navy is a military organization with the principal mission of fighting from, above, or under water. Some of the basic naval missions go back to antiquity, while others, such as ballistic missile defense], are recent.

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Types of naval warfare

This preliminary list includes both techniques (e.g., anti-air warfare) and overall missions (e.g., sea control}}

  • 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]
  • anti-air warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of defending against aircraft and missiles, from platforms under naval command and control, possibly in coordination with other services and possibly defending land as well as sea areas. [e]
  • anti-surface warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking surface vessels, from small boats to supertankers and aircraft carriers, from platforms under naval command and control [e]
  • anti-submarine warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking underwater vessels, from platforms under naval command and control. [e]
  • ballistic missile defense [r]: A combination of sensors, command and control systems, and missile/warhead kill mechanisms that protect a region, or, in the case of the U.S., theaters of operations as well as the nation proper. [e]
  • close air support [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • combat search and rescue [r]: The location and rescue of military and civilian personnel in hostile areas, such that a military operation is necessary to retrieve them [e]
  • land attack [r]: A range of technologies and techniques used to attack targets on land from the sea; the targets are usually assumed to be well inland, and the weapons to be non-nuclear [e]
  • mine warfare [r]: An area of military technology and doctrine, which deals with the development, use of, defense against, and removal of land mines, improvised explosive devices, and sea mines. These devices are characterized by being distributed prior to the presence of an adversary; the mines trigger either by sensing the enemy, or by command from friendly forces. [e]
  • power projection [r]: The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges [e]
  • sea control [r]: Add brief definition or description

Types of naval vessel (modern)

"Modern" is assumed to be from the beginning of the 20th century; some types, such as battleships, are no longer part of current navies and unlikely to return

Combatant

Amphibious warfare

Some types listed may overlap; a given vessel type might have both a helicopter flight deck and a (dock) well deck

Support

((r|Oceanographic ship (naval)}}

Types of naval vessel (premodern)

Major navies or equivalent

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