Some observers have concluded that China's development of anti-access capabilities neither undermines U.S. sea control nor contributes to a war-wining capability.
But in the process, the exercise of sea control in peacetime first by Britain, then by America in a benign way, assured such use to others as well.
Particularly worrisome are the severe cuts envisioned in the needed modernization of the submarine fleet - arguably the most valuable and certainly among the most flexible of sea-going platforms, given their important roles in sea control and intelligence operations.
Now, a UK team is proposing "seeding" clouds out at sea to control hurricane strength, and perhaps stop them forming at all.
They want more aggressive control of sea lions that feast on weak salmon runs and precious sturgeon.
In attempting to defeat a technologically superior adversary such as the United States, China does not need to control the sea or achieve ultimate military victory.
The agreement collapsed because the Syrians insisted on getting the whole region back and the Israelis insisted on retaining control of the Sea of Galilee's shoreline.
The escalating Soviet campaign for naval arms control is, in reality, simply an invitation to disaster for U.S. interests and for those of allied nations whose security depends upon reliable American control of the sea lanes for peacetime communications and commerce and for resupply and reinforcement in time of war.
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With the Piraeus port, China now has an important beach head in the Mediterranean which could lead to eventual control of these vital sea routes.
For instance, having first-class long-distance fighters or even an aircraft carrier does not ensure dominance of the South China Sea unless logistics and command and control are adequate to the task.
Beijing is destabilizing its neighbors, supporting retrograde elements in Burma, implicitly threatening democratic India with its nuclear missile force, massing hundreds of missiles on the coast against Taiwan, and claiming and militarily occupying islands and reefs claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines in a bid to control the South China Sea.
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Vegas is a city-sized version of this obsession with control, under a shallow sea of cultural references.
The company's challenge is to turn the Merlin, an anti-submarine and search-and-rescue vehicle, into a craft that can also take over the Sea King's airborne surveillance and control duties without breaking the bank.
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Oil is piped from the Caspian Sea to ports in the Black Sea, increasing Russia's anxiety to maintain control.
The pact is designed to place fishing rights, deep-sea mining, global pollution and more under the control of a new global bureaucracy, with disputes adjudicated by a new world court.
China has used its own interpretation of LOST to assert control over much of the South China Sea in its quest for access to vast quantities of natural resources, potentially sparking conflict with its neighbors.
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The two nations have been arguing over control of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
That is especially true if, as has been reported, the Clinton-Gore Administration is pursuing a new arms control agreement with the Russians that would explicitly preclude sea-based and other anti-missile capabilities needed to provide comprehensive protection of the American people against ballistic missile attack.
Over the last ten years there has been a sea change in customer preferences and their desire to be more in control.
Relations with Vietnam have also worsened in recent years as China has asserted a historic claim to much of the South China Sea, including islands for which the two countries have previously fought for control.
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As we stand in the Thames Barrier control room, computer screens tracking the waves out in the North Sea, I ask him about the value of remembering the catastrophe of 1953.
Information has reached us that the reason the requested report has not been released is that officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense believe its analysis will undermine the Administration's bid to complete a new arms control agreement that would foreclose testing, development and deployment of competent sea-based missile defenses.
The team is still "training" the software that will control the bots to "recognise" corals and distinguish them from other sea objects.
For near-term sea-based or more comprehensive territorial missile defenses, however, the sort of arms control deal fancied by President Clinton must not be consummated.
He highlighted a similar case in 2004 when pilot disorientation and loss of control caused a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 to crash in the Red Sea shortly after take off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh.
At 8:20 p.m. on the day of the explosion the pressure data suggest there was a constant flow of sea water being pumped into the drill pipe that was displacing the heavier mud system which was the primary pressure control for the well.
If the jihadists were to gain control of it, they could threaten the Bab al-Mandab strait at the foot of the Red Sea, through which much of the oil supplied to the West is shipped.
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