sea power
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But for Green, Tokyo set the conflict in motion with a more fundamental strategic error: its decision to be primarily a land power instead of a sea power.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022
Boarding ships on the high seas is a perfectly legal if little-used tool available to any sea power as part of the collective effort to protect the oceans’ threatened fish stocks.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Speaking on Russia's Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg, Putin praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great sea power.
From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2022
And nearly 3,000 troops plus air and sea power should make relatively quick work of recapturing roads, towns, and Mocímboa da Praia port.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2021
Upon the early success of the Revolution and the resulting establishment of European democracy, with which alone these pages deal, sea power was of no considerable effect.
From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire
