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In 1918, the British navy invented the first aircraft carrier, but the world’s then dominant sea power treated these ships mostly as spotters for its traditional battleships rather than as mobile bases for conducting offensives.
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Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
Perlin traces this through Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and other ancient civilizations, and up through more modern sea powers, such as the Venice, Portugal, Spain, Holland, and the British Empire.
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
Impressment, from the British point of view, was a deterrent against such behavior, without which the Royal Navy would suffer wholesale desertions, leading to the collapse of British sea power.
—Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2012
As missiles fly over the Middle East and navies converge in the Red Sea, the question of what the United States must do to remain the dominant sea power has come to the fore.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
Perlin traces this through Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and other ancient civilizations, and up through more modern sea powers, such as the Venice, Portugal, Spain, Holland, and the British Empire.
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
Impressment, from the British point of view, was a deterrent against such behavior, without which the Royal Navy would suffer wholesale desertions, leading to the collapse of British sea power.
—Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2012
As missiles fly over the Middle East and navies converge in the Red Sea, the question of what the United States must do to remain the dominant sea power has come to the fore.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sea power
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“Sea power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20power. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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