Ships And Aircraft

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aircraft carrier type

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designed for conducting combat operations by aircraft that engages in attacks against airborne, surface, sub-surface and shore targets

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Surface combatant type

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large, heavily armed, surface ships that are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas

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submarine type

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all self-propelled submersible types regardless of whether employed as combatant, auxiliary, or research and development vehicles that have at least a residual combat capability

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Patrol Combatant type

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combatants whose mission may extend beyond coastal duties and whose charicteristics include adequate endurance and sea keeping, providing a capability for operations exceeding 48 hours on the high seas without support

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amphibious warfare type ships

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all ships having organic capability for amphibious assault and characteristic enabling long durations operations on the high seas

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combat logistics type ships

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ships that have the capability to provide underway replenishment to fleet units

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mine warfare type ships

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all ships whose primary function is mine warfare on the high seas

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support type ships

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a grouping of ships designed to operate in the open ocean in a variety of sea states to provide general support to either combatant forces or shore based establishments (includes smaller auxiliaries which by the nature of their duties, leave inshore waters)

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mobile logistics type ships

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ships that have the capability to provide direct material support to other deployed units operating far from home base

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Fighters

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high speed aircraft designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

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Cargo

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a fixed wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers

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Bomber/Attack

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bomber: designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, firing torpedoes at them, or –in recent years – by launching cruise missiles at them, to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

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Patrol

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fixed wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol roles—in particular antisubmarine, anti-ship and search and rescue

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Helicopter

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take off and land vertically, to hover,and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft would usually not be able to take off or land. The capability to hover efficiently for extended periods of time allows a helicopter to accomplish tasks that fixed-wing aircraft and other forms of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft cannot perform.