Thru development, the reactor and its steam turbines had been reduced greatly in size, and also in complexity, allowing a single propeller to be used, the navy said.

The navy captain disclosed also that a list of questions found in Miss Gee's purse would, if completed and handed back, have given the Kremlin a complete picture `` of our current anti-submarine effort and would have shown what we are doing in research and development for the future ''.

Brazil's push for nationalization of the computer-related industry in the 1970s also began with the navy, which could not decipher the " black box " computerized range-finding and firing mechanisms on the British frigates they had purchased, and did not want to be dependent on imported maintenance.

The Bulgarians also possessed a small navy of six torpedo boats, which were restricted to operations along the country's Black Sea coast.

The majority of FARDC members are land forces, but it also has a small air force and an even smaller navy.

The stripes on the sleeves and socks also used the same gray with white border scheme ( sans navy pinstripe ).

Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed re-conquest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming a " hands off " policy.

The younger son, James ( 1752 – 1823 ), also embarked on a career with the navy.

The American navy also established a coaling station in Liberia, cementing its presence.

The Brazilian navy has also trained marines for the Namibian navy.

The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of nuclear missiles.

The navy also contested and protected key seagoing trade routes, in competition with the Italian city states in the Black, Aegean and Mediterranean seas and the Portuguese in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

For commanding the navy and the air force, Third Reich had also the Oberkommando der Marine ( OKM ) and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe ( OKL ) respectively.

The air force and navy also suffer major equipment and funding shortfalls — to the point of sometimes almost being grounded — and are both too small and poorly equipped to take part in operations overseas.

However, the corvus was also cumbersome and dangerous, and was eventually phased out as the Roman navy became more experienced and tactically proficient.

The navy also had some success in developing a variety of surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles, improving basic capabilities.

He also created the Praetorian Guard along with a permanent navy where served the liberti, or freed slaves.

This text also mentioned the use of the first known multistage rocket, the ' fire-dragon issuing from the water ' ( huo long chu shui ), used mostly by the Chinese navy.

Ottoman navies also controlled the Red Sea, and held the Persian Gulf until 1554, when their ships were defeated by the navy of the Portuguese Empire.

The pants also have a redesigned lightning bolt in gold, with powder blue trim on a navy stripe.

The road white jerseys with navy pants, as well as the alternate powder blue jerseys with white pants, were also redesigned with the new scheme.

The navy ( marine ), also known as the Armée de mer, is of small size and is commanded by a Ship-of-the-Line Captain.

By 2009, a rebuilding Somalia had re-established its national army and police force, with a new navy and air force also in the process of being re-constituted.

Being a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy.

Although it is involved in " brown-water " ( riverine and coastal ) operations, the navy's primary goal has been to become an effective " blue-water " navy, able to project power on the high seas.

Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy.

The navy has two patrol boats.

Côte d ' Ivoire has a brown-water navy whose mission is coastal surveillance and security for the nation's 340-mile coastline.

The army has almost 1, 400 soldiers, the police 400 paramilitary men, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members.

The African country of Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5, 000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police.

In 2004 the army has gone beyond its accord-mandated target, and has implemented troop reductions from an estimated 28, 000 to 15, 500 troops, including subordinate air force ( 1, 000 ) and navy ( 1, 000 ) elements.

The air force operates three air bases ; the navy has two port bases.

The navy, which currently lacks the suitable amount of equipment, has a number of approximately 50 vessels of various sizes and roles ; however, the navy is trying to modernize itself, and increase its size.

Luxembourg has no navy, as the country is landlocked, or air force, although it does have aircraft.

Being a landlocked country, Afghanistan has no navy.

Development of Namibia's navy has been slow, and the force was only formally established in 2004, 14 years after independence.

The navy has 18000 personnel, including those of the Coast Guard.

As part of its overall program of naval modernization, the PLAN has a long-term plan of developing a blue water navy.

Robert D. Kaplan has said that it was the collapse of the Soviet Union that allowed China to transfer resources from its army to its navy and other force projection assets.

Navy blue remains the primary color on the home jersey, but the familiar lightning bolt was reverted to gold, and now has navy outlining and Collegiate ( powder ) blue interior trim.

Only the army and gendarmerie are important enough to have general officers, although the navy has been commanded by a flag officer in the past.