: transport of military personnel and especially equipment by ship
sealift
transitive verb
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According to Shugart, Chinese authorities may be testing the barges’ ability to interface with civilian RO-RO vessels, which could significantly boost the PLA’s sealift capabilities by enabling the rapid transfer of large numbers of wheeled and tracked vehicles.
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Yong Xiong, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Russia retains the airlift and sealift capabilities needed to deploy its troops at some distance from its borders.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
In fact, following the February agreement, and especially for the recent liberation of Palmyra, Putin sent in more sealifts, advanced ground attack helicopters, and military mining units.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2016
The Navy can’t say for sure how many of its own sealift vessels or those suitable for military use in the commercial fleet might be lost operating in contested waters during wartime.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
So without getting into details on the lesser categories of vessels like auxiliaries and sealift, the fiscal 2024 long-range shipbuilding plan is not adequate to assure U.S. maritime dominance over the long run.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
The concept behind Liberty Lifter is to create a sort of hybrid delivery system that combines the speed of airlift with the efficiency of sealift.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2023
The agency points out that traditional sealift using cargo ships is very efficient, but slow and reliant on the use of ports.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2022
To fulfill its need for strategic sealift, the Navy got congressional permission to buy used ships at one-tenth the cost.
—Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
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Yong Xiong, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Russia retains the airlift and sealift capabilities needed to deploy its troops at some distance from its borders.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
In fact, following the February agreement, and especially for the recent liberation of Palmyra, Putin sent in more sealifts, advanced ground attack helicopters, and military mining units.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2016
The Navy can’t say for sure how many of its own sealift vessels or those suitable for military use in the commercial fleet might be lost operating in contested waters during wartime.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
So without getting into details on the lesser categories of vessels like auxiliaries and sealift, the fiscal 2024 long-range shipbuilding plan is not adequate to assure U.S. maritime dominance over the long run.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
The concept behind Liberty Lifter is to create a sort of hybrid delivery system that combines the speed of airlift with the efficiency of sealift.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2023
The agency points out that traditional sealift using cargo ships is very efficient, but slow and reliant on the use of ports.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2022
To fulfill its need for strategic sealift, the Navy got congressional permission to buy used ships at one-tenth the cost.
—Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
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“Sealift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sealift. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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