I work for the Navy. It is a fleet of waterborne military ships
Wow, what type of work do you do for the Navy? Do you work on the ships?
I play a role in the projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores.
Interesting. Does that mean you do combat or is it like rescue missions?
It can, it just depends. I night also be involved with nuclear deterrence by use of submarines.
Wow! Have you ever been in a submarine? How deep can they go?
I have. Some can launch ballistic missiles!
So cool! Do they fire ballistic missiles underwater or are they launched in the air?
Ballistic missile
A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. These weapons are only guided during relatively brief periods of flight—most of their trajectory is unpowered, being governed by gravity and air resistance if in the atmosphere. Shorter range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while longer-ranged intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), are launched on a sub-orbital flight trajectory and spend most of their flight out of the atmosphere.
These weapons are in a
Navy
A navy or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea