Special Focus Area: Marine Sensors, su Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry, Defense Security Service (United States Department of Defense), 2010. URL consultato il 15 luglio 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 15 settembre 2012).
«a maritime force capable of sustained operation across the deep waters of open oceans. A blue-water navy allows a country to project power far from the home country and usually includes one or more aircraft carriers. Smaller blue-water navies are able to dispatch fewer vessels abroad for shorter periods of time»