In military and naval warfare,littoral warfare is operations in and around thelittoral zone, within a certain distance of shore, includingsurveillance,mine-clearing and support forlanding operations and other types of combat shifting from water to ground, and back.
Littoral warfare is warfare in and around thelittoral zone.[1]
Littoral warfare has been conducted almost as long as human societies have been conducting warfare.[1]
In the 21st century the United States Marine Corps re-emphasized littoral warfare.[2]
