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  2. Warship - Wikipedia

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    Shqip; Simple English ... A warship or combatant ship is a ship that is used for naval warfare. ... Modern warships are generally divided into seven main categories, ...

  3. Ship - Wikipedia

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    Modern warships are generally divided into seven main categories: aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, submarines and amphibious warfare ships. The distinctions among cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and corvettes are not codified; the same vessel may be described differently in different navies.

  4. Albanian Naval Force - Wikipedia

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    The Albanian Navy, as of 1986, operated around 50 small warships and 12 service vessels, with a workforce of approximately 3,200. Their largest combatants were a couple of ex-Soviet Whiskey-class submarines, although these were primarily out of service due to a shortage of spare parts. An additional Whiskey was utilized as a battery charging ...

  5. Modern warfare - Wikipedia

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    Modern warfare is warfare that diverges notably from previous military concepts, methods, and technology, emphasizing how combatants must modernize to preserve their battle worthiness. [1] As such, it is an evolving subject, seen differently in different times and places.

  6. Naval warfare - Wikipedia

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    The Qing government responded to its defeat in the Opium Wars by attempting to modernize the Chinese navy; placing several contracts in European shipyards for modern warships. The result of these developments was the Beiyang Fleet , which was dealt a severe blow by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895).

  7. Naval ship - Wikipedia

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    A United States Navy Atlantic Fleet task force underway in 1959. The ships include an aircraft carrier, two submarines, and seven destroyers.. A naval ship (or naval vessel) is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) that is used by a navy.

  8. List of naval ship classes in service - Wikipedia

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    Class Operators Displacement Ships in class Type Year of first Commission Kuznetsov-class Russian Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy 57,700 tons 3 Aircraft Carrier (Heavy aircraft-carrying Cruiser)

  9. Naval armour - Wikipedia

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    Missiles can be highly accurate and penetrate even the thickest of armor, and thus warships now focus more on anti-missile technology instead of armor. However, most modern warships retain 25 to 50 mm (0.98 to 1.97 in) of partial armor to protect missiles and aircraft from splinters and light weapons fire. [9]