What does NGFS mean in Military?
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What does NGFS mean?
- Naval gunfire support
- Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS) (also known as Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) or shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range. NGFS is one of a number of disciplines encompassed by the term naval fires. Modern naval gunfire support is one of the three main components of amphibious warfare assault operations support, along with aircraft and ship-launched land-attack missiles. Shipborne guns have been used against shore defences since medieval naval warfare.
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