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    A blue-water navy is a maritime force capable of operating globally, essentially across the deep waters of open oceans. While definitions of what actually...
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    Brown-water navies are contrasted with seaworthy blue-water navies, which can independently conduct operations in the open ocean. Green-water navies, which...
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    aircraft. The US Navy has also used the term to refer to the first phase of the expansion of the Chinese Navy into a full blue-water navy. Subsequently,...
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    littoral applications (brown-water navy), open-ocean applications (blue-water navy), and something in between (green-water navy), although these distinctions...
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    The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region, the Horn...
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    amphibious taskforces were sometimes referred to as the green-water navy, in contrast to the blue-water carrier battlegroups. This distinction disappeared as...
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    multiregional and a blue-water navy. The Regia Marina was formed on 17 March 1861, after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. The Italian Navy assumed its...
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    Western Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the...
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    modernization of the PLAN into "a regional blue-water defensive and offensive navy." Transitioning into a blue-water navy, regular naval exercises and patrols...
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    Navy has had command of the sea. Few navies can operate as blue-water navies, but "many States are converting green-water navies to blue-water navies...
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    the ROK Navy has engaged in several peacekeeping operations since the turn of the 21st century. The ROK Navy aims to become a blue-water navy in the 2020s...
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    "Great Elector"), Brandenburg's naval forces were developed into a blue-water navy. The Elector designated navigation and commerce as the most significant...
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    most powerful naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable of operating globally and conducting expeditionary...
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    transferred led in part to its adoption by navies worldwide. One of the first generation of "blue-water" navy oiler support vessels was the British RFA...
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    The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. Formed in 1946...
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    the Ukrainian counteroffensive reached the border of Crimea. Blue-water navy Green-water navy Exercise RIMPAC Expeditionary maneuver warfare Expeditionary...
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    Bluewater(s) or Blue Water(s) may refer to: Blue water, the global deep oceans Blue Water 24, an American sailboat design Blue-water navy, a navy that can operate...
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    Korea Navy's destroyer mass-production program named Korean Destroyer eXperimental, which paved the way for the navy to become a blue-water navy. Six ships...
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    landlocked navy is a naval force operated by a country that does not have a coastline. While these states are unable to develop a sea-going, blue-water navy, they...
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  • the Italian Navy as of June 2020. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy. The Chief of the Navy General Staff heads the Navy General Staff...
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  • applications (brown-water navy), open-ocean applications (blue-water navy), between riverine/littoral and open-ocean applications (green-water navy), although...
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    sea control or fleet engagements like the battleships operated by blue-water navies. Few of these ships saw combat in the First World War, though some...
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    Lanka Navy anti arms smuggling operations). These naval operations have proven the blue water capability of the Sri Lankan Navy. During the war the navy, along...
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    Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy. The KDX-I was...
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    ships. The South Korean Navy is concentrating its efforts to increasing its number, develop new ships, and become a blue-water navy by 2020. Ships were developed...
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    focusing primarily on littoral and training support roles, while larger blue-water navies tend to have larger auxiliary fleets comprising longer-range fleet...
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    nation's navy, coast guard, police, or customs, and may be intended for marine ("blue water"), estuarine ("green water"), or river ("brown water") environments...
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  • the ROK Navy has engaged in several peacekeeping operations since the turn of the 21st century. The ROK Navy aims to become a blue-water navy in the 2020s...
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    Retrieved 2020-09-17. "Eight Naval Ships launched, Myanmar Navy aims to become Blue Water Navy". Global New Light Of Myanmar. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2020-09-17...
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  • is a landlocked country, it is in the process of reestablishing a Blue-water navy. On 8 January 2022, the rank of field marshal general was awarded for...
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