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In the year 1066, 7000 Norman infantry and knights sailed in warships across the English Channel.
The Mediterranean cultures at the heart of the Roman Empire had large warships that controlled the sea, and cargo ships that transported goods along the waterways.
While the film has one redeeming feature, namely some striking shots e.g. the shot of the sheep hanging from the tree, the scene of the funeral procession on the raft, or the scene of the boats leaving the village (which seemed influenced by the scene when the warships approach in the fantastic "Fellini Satyricon"), these were more photographic than cinematographic, and would have been better appreciated hung on a wall in an art gallery than embedded in a painfully slow-paced film that comes in at a whopping 162 minutes and suffers from terrible dialogue, extremely poor character development, over-acting, uninspired symbolism and heavy stylisation.
We know Langsdorf was under orders to avoid engaging enemy warships.
Fine, entertaining movie of the famous sea battle between 3 smaller British warships versus the great German Pocket Battleship "Graf Spee".
It started in the sixteenth century, when Europe developed better guns and warships and began its imperial expansion.
But, betraying its strategic objectives, China has also sent warships to visit the Maldives.
But China, too, has used America’s FON operations to play to the Chinese public, claiming after the latest operation that its navy had “warned and expelled” two US warships.
The Empire of Human RightsNEW YORK – Why are French, British, and American warships, but not Chinese or Malaysian warships, sitting near the Burmese coast loaded with food and other necessities for the victims of Cyclone Nargis?
The relevant provision has been used very rarely, but the few precedents suggest that Trump’s tariffs might be legally justifiable, even if only a small fraction of steel output is actually used for tanks and warships.
The Kremlin TemptationPARIS – What is the significance of France’s recent sale of four powerful Mistral-class warships to Russia?
For China, however, these projects are operating exactly as needed: Chinese attack submarines have twice docked at Sri Lankan ports, and two Chinese warships were recently pressed into service for Gwadar port security.
These, indeed, remain almost as large as in 1985, when the number of people in uniform, aircraft, warships, armor and artillery was almost twice as large as today.
In addition, foreign warships carrying nuclear arms could no longer make port calls there.
It is time to accept the facts: walls, fences, and patrolling warships cannot stop the flight of desperate people.
First, it was only recently that China gained sufficient confidence in the performance of its new warships.
Sinking the Sunshine PolicyLast week's naval battle between North and South Korean warships sank more than a South Korean frigate.
On July 30, 1914, Austrian warships bombarded Belgrade, five weeks after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
A War of Values With RussiaCOPENHAGEN – Russian authorities recently threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO’s missile-defense system.
Japan's warships can help with sanctions monitoring and minesweeping.
Moreover, China’s bullying of the Philippines included not only the dispatch of warships to Scarborough Shoals, but also the sudden imposition of import restrictions on Filipino produce.
RIGA – It should surprise no one that many in Latvia view the sale by France of fully-equipped assault warships to Russia with grave concern.
Encounters that could result in loss of life include incidents in the Baltic and Black Seas, such as combat aircraft conducting high-speed passes on warships or the aggressive interception of reconnaissance aircraft.
Today, it should close the Turkish straits not only to Russian warships, but to all commercial vessels bound for Russia’s Black Sea ports.
Should air combat take place, India's Navy, with a superior force of 27 major surface warships (including 3 guided missile cruisers) and 16 submarines (against Pakistan's 7 warships and 9 submarines) would seek to dominate the north Arabian Sea, cutting off Pakistan from trade and resupply.
The Koizumi government plans to add two new 13,500-ton warships, both capable of carrying helicopters and of being converted to take jump jets to strike enemy territory.
France, finally, has been a target of harsh criticism, owing to its determination to deliver two Mistral warships built for the Russian government.
China also has become more insistent in pressing its territorial claims both to India’s northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state and to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, with Chinese warships making more frequent forays into Japanese waters.
Gates promised to increase the number of US warships deployed to Singapore as part of the US-Singapore Strategic Framework Agreement; increase the number of US Navy calls in Asian ports; hold more joint naval exercises; and improve multilateral military cooperation.
In the South China Sea, it has built a series of quasi-military bases on the tiny Spratly Islands and deployed warships to defend them.