Naval forces and
| installations in fortified coastal regions or
| areas to
| protect naval bases against attack by land or sea and to assist ships in coastal waters or ground forces in coastal
| areas The core
| elements of coastal defense are coastal missile and artillery troops the naval infantry rifle
| units and engineer
| units and ground forces naval vessels and aircraft if necessary
- only individual words found (there may be no translations for some thesaurus entries in the bilingual dictionary)
