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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"navies"”.
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Armies, Navies and Economies in the Greek World in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
… mechanism available to them to feed their navies and amphibious forces--in contrast to other European and near Eastern pre-industrial states which could use mechanisms such as requisitioning and taxation-in-kind to acquire provisions to supply their military forces. I then produce estimates …
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Recommendations for enhancing the motivation of Petty Officers in the Turkish and the United States Navies
… petty officers in the Turkish and U.S. Navies. The study utilizes a survey questionnaire to determine common areas of concern and recommends, accordingly, ways to increase or maintain the motivation of petty officers in the Turkish and U.S. Navies.
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The Relevance of size: A comparison of "small" European navies in the post-Cold War period. 1990-2017
… examines the development of ‘small’ European navies in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union until the present day. Its aims are to document the development of such navies in a period a significant change in global maritime affairs. It also investigates the utility of the term …
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Effect of Current and Future Nuclear Navies on an International Agreement Over the limiting of fissile Materials Production
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FUTURE MARITIME SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE SRI LANKA NAVY: CHALLENGES VERSUS SOLUTIONS
… New Zealand, and Singapore―have equipped their navies to face the evolving maritime security environment by utilizing available resources. Ultimately, this study recommends Sri Lanka and its navy establish effective security measures by implementing strict maritime laws and drafting bi-lateral …
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The Navy in The Doldrums: The Influence of Politics and Technology on The Decline and Rejuvenation of The American Fleet, 1866--1886
… in the fleet's decline relative to the other navies of the world. This period was also one of great political turmoil as the country began the slow process of reconstruction from the most destructive confict in its history.
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Analyzing the Surface Warfare Operational Effectiveness of an Offshore Patrol Vessel using Agent Based Modeling
… naval combatants has become the focus of many navies around the world. Predominately aimed at the defense of the littorals, these smaller naval combatants must be able to establish maritime dominance at an affordable price, given constrained defense budgets. The Offshore Patrol Vessel is one …
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Estimating the upper ocean vertical temperature structure from surface temperature as applied to the southern Benguela
… used throughout the world by their respective navies for submarine and surface vessel strategic operations and exercises. Together with the sonar equations, the sound velocity profiles are of paramount importance to solve underwater sound detectability problems as they provide insight into the …
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Manpower systems integration factors for frigate design in the Turkish Navy
… nations in manning of the frigates in their navies are discussed in detail. Furthermore, a regression analysis is conducted by fitting a model using the sample data to examine the variance in crew complements of those frigates. The correlation between the ship design characteristics and the …
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How A Vessel of This Magnitude Was Moved : A Comparative Analysis of Confederate Ironclad Steam Engines, Boilers, and Propulsion Systems
… in a technological revolution in the world's navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies had been built in France and Great Britain dating back to the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that ironclads powered solely by steam proved themselves in large numbers. The armored …
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State-space modeling and optimal control of ship motions in a seastate
… These motions have been of great concern to the navies and other organizations engaged in shipping for decades and need to be dealt with through the use of a control system. In this work, a new general purpose state-space control-oriented time domain model for the ship motions is introduced. A …
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THE IRANIAN MARITIME CHALLENGE
… the extensive maritime capabilities of its two navies, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN), and how those forces have employed their capabilities in past aggressive behavior. The thesis highlights three primary cases to that end: …
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Surfacing Rescue Container concept design for trident submarines
In the wake of the KURSK tragedy, world navies have brought their full attention to the submarine rescue problem. While many rescue systems exist, none have been able to sufficiently address the gamut of scenarios that place submariners in peril. One rescue strategy utilizes a submarine escape …
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Assessing the people's navy : gender transformation and the South African Navy
… Navy; the different service arms; and to other navies. In comparison to the other service arms and international standards, the Navy's transformation has progressed well.
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Cornerstone of Union Victory: Officer Partnerships in Joint Operations in the West
… Records of the Union and Confederate Navies</em>, as well as key combatants’ memoirs and postwar writings. These reveal the successes and failures in Army-Navy cooperation and their significance to the larger war effort. The complexities of these professional relationships underscore …
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Littoral combat vessels analysis and comparison of designs
The introduction of new technologies force navies to adapt and the introduction of surface-to-surface anti-ship cruise missiles from a large number of small coastal combatants created vulnerability in the Navy's force structure of large, expensive, nonexpendable warships. To counter this threat, …
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Optimal ship routing
… maritime industry as well as the world's largest Navies. Oil prices and environmental considerations drive the effort for more fuel-efficient navigation. This thesis addresses the problem of deterministic minimum fuel routing by applying optimal control theory in conjunction with state of the art …
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Demonstration of passive acoustic detection and tracking of unmanned underwater vehicles
… that are desirable for less-established navies. They are covert, easy to deploy, low-cost, and low-risk to personnel. The concern of protecting against UUVs of malicious intent is that existing defense systems fall short in detecting, tracking, and preventing the vehicles from causing …
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Maritime strategy in the era of control and denial of visibility
… These have always been important to navies, yet the principles arguably say little about them. This thesis then ultimately aims to assess whether a new principle, control and/or denial of visibility, can be useful as a means of filling this gap. This thesis therefore contributes to …
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Estudo ficoquímico e avaliação da atividade microbiológica de algas marinhas do gênero sargassum.
… fhycologi in Paraíba (Carvalho, 1983). Navies macroscopic algae despite arouse the attention of the scientific commu nity for their great potential as a pr oducer chemicals for industrial , economic and medical - pharmacological interest in Brazi l, especially in the Northeast , there …
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