ASW en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable) Abbreviation of antisubmarine warfare.
alt of antisubmarine warfare
“You know, I really didn't have much to do with Vietnam. In the summer of 1964, I went to work for the assistant CNO for submarine warfare, Op 02. But that summer, Op 03—that's surface warfare—was developing new ASW strategies.”
1996, William Martin, Annapolis, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 761:
Coordinates
ASW carrier (anti-submarine warfare) · ASuW (anti-submarine warfare) · AAW (anti-submarine warfare)