naval
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Iran, after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on its naval assets, went for an asymmetrical approach which relies on land-based antiship missiles, drones and swarms of small attack craft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
U.S. and Israeli strikes have badly damaged Iran’s regular naval assets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Alcatraz was originally a naval defence fort, before being converted first to a military prison and then to a federal prison in the 1930s after being taken over by the Department of Justice.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states -- either unilaterally or as "voluntary multinational naval partnerships" -- to use "all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The Second Grinnell Expedition’s “intrepid” crew was under the leadership of what New York’s Daily Herald called, “the indefatigable perseverance and indomitable courage” possessed by its thirty-three-year-old naval surgeon and commander.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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