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- adjective Alternative spelling of
blue water ; (attributive use of noun):.
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Examples
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As the New York Times wrote, his goal was "to transform the Chinese Navy from a coastal defense force into what is known as a blue-water navy, capable of operating far from the home country."
Peter Winter: The Interwoven Era: The US, China and its New Aircraft Carrier Peter Winter 2011
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Having quadrupled its military expenditures in recent years -- the new aircraft carrier is the first of four -- the South China Sea is integral to China's intentions to develop a blue-water navy.
Stanley Weiss: The Mao Doctrine Stanley Weiss 2011
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In time, China's development of a blue-water navy could jeopardize India's longstanding preeminence within its eponymous ocean.
Leading in the Indian Ocean Thomas G. Mahnken 2011
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It would also open the western Pacific to China's increasingly robust blue-water navy whose global role China still has yet to explain.
Time to Straighten Out America's Taiwan Policy Rupert Hammond-Chambers 2011
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The only nations building real blue-water navies these days are China and India.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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In order to make good on commitments to restore the Gulf ecosystem to a healthy condition, restoration must address both short- and long-term damage in three key areas: coastal environments, blue-water habitats and resources, and coastal communities.
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso: A Resolution for Gulf Restoration: An Open Letter to President Obama and the Five Gulf State Governors Dennis Takahashi-Kelso 2012
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The prime reasons for China's development of a carrier force and true blue-water navy operating far offshore are India and oil.
Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011
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The only nations building real blue-water navies these days are China and India.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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In order to make good on commitments to restore the Gulf ecosystem to a healthy condition, restoration must address both short- and long-term damage in three key areas: coastal environments, blue-water habitats and resources, and coastal communities.
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso: A Resolution for Gulf Restoration: An Open Letter to President Obama and the Five Gulf State Governors Dennis Takahashi-Kelso 2012
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The only nations building real blue-water navies these days are China and India.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY Eric Margolis 2010
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