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.
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.
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.
Over the last ten years there has been a sea change in customer preferences and their desire to be more in control.
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.
The team is still "training" the software that will control the bots to "recognise" corals and distinguish them from other sea objects.
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.
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