Sentence examples for shore targets from inspiring English sources
Since World War II the heavy attack aircraft carrier has developed three roles: to deliver air strikes (both conventional and nuclear) against sea and shore targets; to provide a long-range air-defense umbrella for other ships; and to support antisubmarine operations (leaving it to other ships actually to destroy the submarines).
The carrier's aircraft conducted anti-submarine patrols, provided fighter support for other ships, and carried out strikes against shipping and shore targets.
During her operations, she fired 10,000 rounds at 1,000 shore targets and came under fire around 10 times, including on one occasion by a United States F-4 Phantom.
These were primarily used for shore bombardment, New Jersey firing nearly 6,000 rounds of 16 inch shells and over 14,000 rounds of 5 inch projectiles during her tour on the gunline, seven times more rounds against shore targets in Vietnam than she had fired in the Second World War.
Sampson intended to intercept and destroy the Spanish squadron and then move on to attack secondary shore targets- San Juan's castles, forts and batteries and was unaware that Topete had already eluded them and slipped his squadron into the Bay of Santiago.
Except for the great increase in bombardment of shore or inland targets from the sea, the functions of sea power were the same in World War II as they were in the 16th century, when warships specifically designed for fighting (as distinguished from armed merchantmen) first appeared.
When parents and children enjoying fireworks by the shore is a target, life itself is the target.
She saw action supporting Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, where she targeted shore batteries threatening the landings in November 1942.
Apart from systematically covering promoter regions, CGIs and CGI shores, the chip targets sufficient CpG dinucleotides outside these regions to study other annotations.
Meanwhile, infantry began clearing the heavily fortified houses along the shore and advanced on targets further inland.
For unarmored targets and shore bombardment, the 1900 pound Mk. 13 HC (High-Capacity referring to tHigh-Capacity referringe) shell was available.
