Apparently the crystace was developed as a shipboard weapon before variable-power energy guns came into widespread use.

I can't tell what kind they are, but if they're anything like the shipboard weapons, the shuttle will be a sitting duck.

First interim report on optimum utilization of computers and computing techniques in shipboard weapons control systems.

The Standard missile doubles as the primary shipboard anti-aircraft weapon and is undergoing development for use in theater ballistic missile defense.

These systems allowed the aircraft to launch their attacks from outside the range of shipboard weapons, in relative safety.

Autocannon are often found in aircraft, where they replaced machine guns, and as shipboard anti-aircraft weapons, as they provide greater destructive power than machine guns.

"Used up their shipboard weapons in combat, no doubt," said Riker.

"Too big to be effective as shipboard weapons, anyway."

Well, then you know what happens to a merchant hull that takes a hit from any heavy shipboard weapon.

In September, President Bush announced the withdrawal of tactical land and shipboard nuclear weapons around the world.