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• Naval armament race — A Naval armament race is an arms race during which 2 or more countries continuously construct ships consistently more powerful than the ships the other country built in the previous years. These races often end in wars. Several examples are: The… …   Wikipedia

• arms race — (n.) 1930, in reference to naval build ups, from arms (see ARM (Cf. arm) (n.2)) + RACE (Cf. race) (n.1). First used in British English …   Etymology dictionary

• Naval warfare of World War I — Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterized by the efforts of the Allied Powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, to blockade the Central Powers by sea, and the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade or… …   Wikipedia

• Naval strategy — is the planning and conduct of war at sea, the naval equivalent of military strategy on land. Naval strategy, and the related concept of maritime strategy, concerns the overall strategy for achieving victory at sea, including the planning and… …   Wikipedia

• arms control — 1. any plan, treaty, or agreement to limit the number, size, or type of weapons or armed forces of the participating nations. 2. the measures taken to limit the weapons systems or armed forces. * * * Limitation of the development, testing,… …   Universalium

• Naval tactics in the Age of Steam — The development of the steam ironclad firing explosive shells in the mid 19th century rendered sailing tactics obsolete. New tactics were developed for the big gun Dreadnought battleships. The mine, torpedo, submarine and aircraft posed new… …   Wikipedia

• Naval Defence Act 1889 — The Naval Defence Act 1889 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, instituted on May 31, 1889 to increase the United Kingdom s naval strength and formally adopt the country’s two power standard. The standard called for the Royal Navy… …   Wikipedia

• Arms control — is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to… …   Wikipedia

• naval ship — Introduction       the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …   Universalium

• Naval history of the Netherlands — The history of the Navy of the Netherlands dates back to the 15th century. As overseas trade was a traditional cornerstone of the Dutch economy, naval defence was indispensable for the protection of commercial interests.. Contents 1 Origins 2 A… …   Wikipedia

• Naval Act of 1916 — The Naval Act of 1916 was also called the Big Navy Act. An overlooked landmark piece of legislation, President Woodrow Wilson determined amidst the repeated incidents with Germany to build “incomparably, the greatest Navy in the world” over a ten …   Wikipedia