naval
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Because these missiles cost only a fraction of the multimillion-dollar interceptors required to destroy them, they impose a significant financial burden on defending naval forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The naval officer has often been eclipsed by Caine and Hegseth, who regularly brief Trump in the Oval Office and have been far more involved in the White House discussions on the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In March, it completed the acquisition of naval shipyard NVL, partly in the expectation that it would secure a German order for six naval frigates that later fell through.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
A Yemeni security source told AFP a naval base in the port city of Hodeida and a military camp on Kamaran island were among the Saudi targets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is comparatively inexpensive: the cost of a single naval vessel of intermediate size— a modern destroyer, say—would pay for a decade-long program in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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