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Surface combatant

 
US Military Dictionary: surface combatant

Any ship designed and armed to perform during combat conditions, and able to operate in many marine roles against air, surface, and submerged threats as well as land targets.

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(DOD) A ship constructed and armed for combat use with the capability to conduct operations in multiple maritime roles against air, surface and subsurface threats, and land targets.

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Surface combatants are non-submersible ships built to military standards whose primary purpose is to engage space, air, surface and submerged targets with weapons deployed from the ship itself, rather than by manned carried craft.[1]

Surface combatants denotes a subset of naval fighting ships; generally speaking, they are ships built to fight other ships, submarines or aircraft, and can carry out several other missions including counter-narcotics operations and maritime interdiction.

Surface combatants include cruisers, destroyers, frigates and corvettes, and several outdated types including battleships and battlecruisers. They do not include aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and mine hunters.

Naval warfare is divided into three operational areas: surface warfare, aerial warfare and submarine warfare

Missions

There are two divisions of surface combatant missions: [2]

Notes

  1. ^ For discussion of command of the sea and power projection, see pages 7-8 of reference - Naval Transformational Roadmap.

References

  1. ^ a b Naval Transformational Roadmap. Office of Naval Research. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  2. ^ Surface Combatant Force Requirement Study. Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy ships. Updated 1998-04-19. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

 
 

 

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