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SEA BATTLE [6 records]

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Record 1 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
CONT

A carrier battle group is a composite group of ships(including an aircraft carrier and submarines)... it brings huge capability to bear influence out at sea.

OBS

aircraft carrier battle group; CVBG: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

groupe aéronaval; GAN : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force.

OBS

air superiority; AS: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Degré de maîtrise dans la bataille aérienne d'une force sur une autre qui permet à la première de mener des opérations avec ses moyens aériens, terrestres et maritimes, à un moment et en un lieu donnés, sans intervention prohibitive de la seconde.

OBS

supériorité aérienne : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

supériorité aérienne; AS : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Defensa aérea
  • Operaciones (Fuerzas aéreas)
DEF

En combate aéreo, grado de dominio de una fuerza sobre otra que permite a la primera la dirección de operaciones, así como a las fuerzas terrestres, marítimas y aéreas implicadas, en un lugar y tiempo determinados, sin interferencias prohibitivas por parte de la fuerza opuesta.

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Record 3 2011-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Replenishment at Sea (Military)
DEF

A vessel that carries petroleum, ammunition and other cargo to resupply battle fleets at sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Ravitaillement en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

Support given to land or sea forces by air action against objectives other than enemy forces engaged in tactical battle. It includes the gaining and maintaining of air superiority interdiction, and harassing.

OBS

indirect air support: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Appui donné à des forces terrestres ou maritimes par l'intervention aérienne contre des objectifs autres que les forces ennemies engagées dans la bataille tactique. Il comprend l'acquisition et la conservation de la supériorité aérienne, l'interdiction et le harcèlement.

OBS

appui aérien indirect : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones (Fuerzas aéreas)
DEF

El brindado a fuerzas terrestres o navales mediante una acción aérea contra cualquier objetivo, excepto las fuerzas enemigas involucradas en la batalla táctica. Incluye la obtención y mantenimiento de la superioridad aérea, la interdicción y el hostigamiento.

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Record 5 1993-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
CONT

Balaklava, battle of, an engagement fought on Oct. 25 1854, during the Crimean War, when British, French and Turkish forces resisted a Russian Attack on Balaklava, their supply port on the Black Sea... The cavalry charge of the Light Brigade, which made the action famous, took place in a valley running in an east-west direction...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

Balaklava (Bataille de), bataille livrée le 25 octobre 1854 par des troupes russes du général Liprandi [...], pour tenter de rejeter à la mer les 10 000 Anglo-Turcs participant à l'investissement de Sébastopol. L'attaque russe, stoppée par les Highlanders, tourna au repli général devant la charge, devenue légendaire, de la brigade de cavalerie légère de lord Cardigan [...] (LGRAN, 1960, volume 1 voir la rubrique Balaklava).

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • International Bodies (Intl. Law)
OBS

An international humanitarian agency organized after the battle of Solferino(1859), concerned in peacetime with health and safety and in wartime with caring for wounded and the prevention and alleviation of human suffering generally. It has now a world-wide organization, based in Geneva, together with national societies. The first multilateral agreement on the Red Cross, the Geneva Convention of 1964, committed signatory governments to care for wounded, both friend and foe, and this was later revised and extended to warfare at sea(1907), prisoners of war(1929), and civilians in wartime(1949).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes internationaux (Droit)

Spanish

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