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Meanings of coastal artillery in English

Russian
береговая батарея
Portuguese
artilharia de costa
Spanish
artillería de costa
Catalan
artilleria costanera
Wikidata

Military service branch equipped with artillery in defense of territory against attack from the sea.

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        береговая батарея

        Artillery designed for use in coastal defense.

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                Usage of coastal artillery in English
                1
                South Korea returned fire from its coastal artillery.
                Reuters
                2
                Whole batteries of siege-guns and coastal artillery discharging en masse, ranks of 'em ripple-firing along wall-tops.
                The confusion
                3
                The seventy-year-old man in the dressing gown, a retired major from the coastal artillery, as it turned out, was their nearest neighbour.
                The girl who played with fire
                4
                The Defence Force had been considering selling the land at Watts Peninsula, which includes the strategic coastal artillery battery of Fort Ballance.
                Radio NZ
                5
                Nuke-seeking upstarts such as Iran and North Korea have deployed ships, submarines, coastal artillery and even hovercraft in bold defiance of world concern.
                Wired