radius of action

noun

1. military the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling

Example Sentences

The aircraft boasts of being a great improvement from conventional transport helicopters regarding its maximum speed, radius of action and freight-carrying capacity.

From Washington Times

Possessing a great radius of action, she combined the roles of mine-layer and submerged torpedo-craft.

From Project Gutenberg

This vessel was not only larger and speedier than its appointed antagonist, but it possessed a radius of action and a seaworthiness which enabled it to accompany the battle fleet.

From Project Gutenberg

It carries ten-inch gelatine blasting shells, fired from a pneumatic gun twenty feet long, whose radius of action is two hundred yards under water and one thousand yards above.

From Project Gutenberg

They had seen the ship through the waters within the radius of action of the German submarines.

From Project Gutenberg