Sentence examples for naval firepower from inspiring English sources

He became an artillery expert, particularly in how to direct air and naval firepower toward the enemy on the ground.

On July 8 , 2014 Israel launched a large-scale military operation using aerial and naval firepower against a variety of targets associated with Ḥamās and other militant groups.

When the attacks occurred, the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and its fleet of support ships were just replacing the carrier Enterprise, which has now been ordered to remain in the region, doubling the naval firepower normally there.

The alliance also announced that it would send more naval firepower to try to combat the threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia, agreeing to send six ships to protect sea lanes important for global trade.

Immediately after the attack, President Bush ordered the aircraft carrier Enterprise and its battle group to remain in the region after the carrier Carl Vinson arrived in the Persian Gulf, instantly doubling the naval firepower normally stationed there.

While Greengrass's movie, with its swirling helicopters and thunderous naval firepower, may broadly be termed an action movie, Lindholm's is perhaps best described as an inaction thriller, in which almost unbearable tension is conjured from lengthy periods of radio silence when nothing happens at all.

More importantly, naval and air force firepower has barely been used in Iraq.

The Haixun 31 is one of two civilian ships the same size which lack the heavy firepower of naval vessels.

The arrangement melded Naval power of arrest and firepower with GNPS patrol vessels and environmental expertise.

Due to their considerable firepower and relative size, naval historian Jan Glete has described the hemmemas as "super archipelago frigates".

And although the naval crew recorded they had enough firepower to "blow the Pah to the devil", once the fighting began, the British never gained any advantage.