![]() The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton Nelson, Horatio 1814 ![]() Last campaign, the word flotilla was misunderstood. The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza 2010 Obviously, if there were, the flotilla is to blame for the violence. In other words, the flotilla is more about a show than about reality. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010 Then, since they know that the goal of the flotilla is not delivering goodies, they could do that by letting the Israelis inspect the boat, you avoid civilian deaths as much as possible. The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010 Like how the US Navy is divided into 2nd fleet etc.One of the primary reasons the Turkish Government has been so angry in its denunciations of the Israeli attack on the flotilla is because many of the dead were Turkish citizens. ![]() And i'm sure you realise it is the 'Japanese self defence FORCE', which is formally divided into 'escort fleets'. English speaking navies do not use 'armada' as a organizational unit. Somehow i think you missed the point and are conflating the formal naval hierachy term 'fleet' with the informal civvie usage. Aggressive in nature and comprised of two or more organizational military fleets, that in my mind is a Armada. ![]() ![]() To explain what I mean by 'two or more formal fleet elements' try to picture a grouping of formal fleets like the US Pacific Fleet combined with the Japanese Self Defense Fleet or the Australian Fleet who purpose is to invade or attack a target like the Philipines or China. a fleet of merchant ships, a fleet of cars, or a fleet of fishing ships.Īrmada: A group of military vessels comprised of two or more formal fleet elements who purpose is aggressive in nature. JGregor圓2 wrote:Building on what has been said so far how does this strike people as a working definition.įleet: A large number of similar vehicles sharing the same purpose, i.e. ![]()
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