US military capability to monitor and strike globally is unmatched.
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And that's not because they don't have formidable military capability.
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They fear Iran's advantages in military capability, population and market size.
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Perhaps they can be weaponized or used to advance military capability.
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Suh again highlighted doubts about North Korea's claims about its military capability.
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Russia has reciprocated the willingness to enhance its own military capability – terrifying.
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Lindsey Graham predicted Thursday "some escalation of military capability" against North Korea.
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I think you're going to see a ramp-up in military capability.
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The European Commission executive later echoed Macron's call for a European military capability.
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Back then, 22% considered the country's weapons and military capability to be a crisis.
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And Chinese dominance in 220006G will add to its already considerable offensive military capability.
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Sometimes their topic is China's hard power as displayed by its fast-growing military capability.
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It also extended its military capability, deploying thousands of missiles along the border with Israel.
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The administration, however, would have us believe that America is falling behind in military capability.
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Iran's army chief said any attack was unlikely because of the country's strong military capability.
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Zhang said Beijing would explore any opportunity to build a port with potential military capability.
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They do that, that cuts people, that cuts weapons, that cuts research, that cuts military capability.
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There is high probability that Löfven will be asked about the NATO Partnership and Sweden's military capability.
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The group's aim is not only to develop domestic military capability, but also to eventually export weapons.
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DoD retains a robust military capability in the region that is ready to respond to any crisis.
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The Russians and Chinese have rapidly expanded their military capability, but look at what's happened to us.
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Furthermore, such a troop relocation would prompt South Korea to invest more in its own military capability.
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In the Pacific, China is building up its military capability, intimidating its smaller neighbors, and threatening Taiwan.
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Because even though NATO does not have aggressive ambitions, it nevertheless brings considerable military capability closer to Russia.
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Japan hopes to present a strong alliance with the United States amid concerns about China's expanding military capability.
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"I think you will be seeing pretty soon some escalation of military capability," he told CNN's Kate Bolduan.
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It intends to have a massive military capability to make the point that it is a rising superpower.
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That we possess the military capability to destroy targets does not mean we can "solve" this problem militarily.
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North Korea has always reacted to the Ulchi exercises with belligerence and often its own demonstrations of military capability.
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Any air defenses of that kind, however, add Russian military capability to Crimea, providing additional resilience and, potentially, coverage.
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Israel is now a well-established nation with an economy and a military capability that dwarfs its Arab neighbors.
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"The president's response to a security environment that is quickly degrading is to further cannibalize our military capability," Rep.
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NATO's wars in Bosnia, Kosovo and Libya all depended on significant American military capability; none produced functioning liberal democracies.
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Yes, they have military capability that can be used against U.S. forces in the region — as Iran recently demonstrated.
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Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday the voyage showed China's expanding military capability and Japan was closely monitoring it.
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Major arms purchases are not creating real world military capability to deter Iran or a stronger alliance with U.S. forces.
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This assault saps economic growth, costs Americans jobs, weakens our military capability and undercuts a key American competitive advantage — innovation.
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President Trump is also wisely continuing President Reagan's belief in "peace through strength" – both in military capability and in economic capacity.
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Those nonlegal forces include questions of global stability, military capability, support from other key and affected states, and domestic political support.
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The Chinese military has been integrating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles into its military capability at a very high rate.
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India ranks low on its defense networks in Asia, while Japan's resilience and military capability are below its middle power neighbors.
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Over the last few years, China has aggressively built up artificial islands, extending its military capability far beyond its own borders.
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Mr. Trump has painted the deal as one that will improve the kingdom's military capability as well as create American jobs.
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Ironically, in denying any Iranian role in the mine attacks, Iran's armed forces chief of staff spelled out his country's military capability.
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The source said the Lebanese army had the military capability to confront and defeat the group without any regional or international support.
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He warned that North Korea has developed a "significant" military capability with the potential to "devastate" American allies and the homeland itself.
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The bottom line: With good stewardship, these resources can ensure the U.S. has the military capability and readiness to underwrite global leadership.
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Roman fighting forces possessed such lethal military capability that rival states and tribes dare not provoke Rome lest they suffer the consequences.
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And, as Mr. Trump himself complains, they do not have the military capability to play the role the United States has played.
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Once the U.S. military capability reduced, the Taliban can simply ignore any element of the agreement — just as Hanoi did in 85033.
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In the aftermath of 9/11, America's conventional military capability was narrowly focused on a handful of locations, primarily Iraq and Afghanistan.
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China has conducted similar tests, destroying an old weather satellite in 2007 -- a move analysts saw as indicative of China's growing military capability.
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Conversely China, India, Indonesia and Russia were all highlighted as countries set to increase the amount of their budgets allotted for military capability.
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Kurds showed their military capability by joining Iraqi government troops and Iranian-backed paramilitary forces to drive Islamic State militants out of Mosul.
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Russia has increased its military capability in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad and criticized NATO for stationing anti-missile shields in eastern Europe.
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Lebanese Hezbollah demurs on Iran's demand that the group attack Israel, not wanting a war that would destroy much of its military capability.
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"We certainly are involved in terms of the funding of our military capability in the Korean peninsula and the area," Democratic Arizona Rep.
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The move risks inflaming a politically delicate debate in Japan over whether such expanded military capability is compatible with the country's pacifist constitution.
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"My friends in the House and I share the same goal of restoring these arbitrary cuts to military capability and capacity," McCain said.
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He launched his campaign on April 4, but its slowing momentum has raised questions over his military capability and future, analysts and diplomats say.
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In short, Tehran's perception of U.S. military capability and political will to punish terrorism will serve as the most effective deterrent of future attacks.
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"My friends in the House and I share the same goal of restoring these arbitrary cuts to military capability and capacity," McCain said Thursday.
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In June, members individually agreed to take on, for the first time, the full set of military capability targets assigned to them by NATO.
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She put her dragons at too much risk, sending them to rescue Jon in a situation where the enemy's military capability was not well known.
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And defence secretary Gavin Williamson said on Thursday that the Ministry of Defence was deploying forces with "unique military capability" to bring down the drones.
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Sensor data that the US has been able to review indicated the components were inconsequential to any advanced North Korean military capability, the official said.
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After Japan was defeated in World War II, the country was forced to disarm and swear off military capability, outside of self-defense, ever again.
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Should the President be forced into military action, he needs to strike quickly and harshly to destroy North Korean military capability, both conventional and nuclear.
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Despite "the sky is falling" hyperbole, as horrible as it would be, the world does not end if North Korea gets a certain military capability.
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Now, the worry among strategic thinkers like Sekora is that China has become the main threat to America's lead in military capability and economic output.
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Should the Taliban have the will to live up to its counterterrorism commitments, McKenzie said he believes they have the military capability to do so.
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But between the exuberance of acquiring a new military capability and the sobering realization of its dangers, there is plenty of opportunity to use them.
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The North's party plenary meeting comes a week after Pyongyang held the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Meeting to discuss boosting the country's military capability.
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Moreover, lingering memories of Japan's military expansion across Asia a century ago have made Japan's neighbors particularly sensitive to dramatic changes in its military capability.
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The shift is much bigger than from past changes in military capability—the author highlights the use of submarines, powered flight, tanks, radar or nuclear weapons.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, the country's state media said.
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Officials made it clear that North Korea intends to continue developing the military capability, but Trump didn't indicate any concern about the threat, the report said.
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A few little problems But there are a few little problems that those who define simply having a military capability a causis belli won't talk about.
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Last year, the debut of the missiles, called Kalibr, against Islamic State showed Russia can match the Americans and their allies in an important military capability.
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Like many other fortified castles, its military capability — including the top 10 feet of the tower — was eliminated following a government edict in the 17th century.
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The careful calibration of American strikes, though apparently intended to avoid escalation, appears to have left both Mr. Assad's military capability and his strategic reasoning intact.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting of top military officials to discuss boosting the country's military capability, state news agency reported on Sunday.
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said last week Iran should increase its military capability and readiness to ward off enemies, in a meeting with Iranian navy commanders.
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"We knew that they had the military capability to do it, but we have seen this, frankly, for the past year and a half," the official said.
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The eight main rankings by which each country is measured are defense networks, military capability, cultural influence, diplomatic influence, economic resources, economic relationships, resilience and future trends.
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On Friday morning, Trump and May will visit a defense site where a demonstration of military capability will be jointly carried out by U.S. and U.K. forces.
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Iran is already in bad shape because of U.S. economic sanctions and does not have the military capability to defeat the United States in a direct war.
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It has the critical elements required to sustain a war of asymmetric attrition: geopolitical position, geographic size, military capability, decades of asymmetric experience, and apparent undiminished motivation.
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A report by the Swedish Armed Forces found that recent appropriations did not cover the rise in salaries and equipment costs, much less any improvement to military capability.
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A company's submission will be evaluated not just on the economic test but on a number of factors including, price and military capability, one of the sources said.
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"They believe they were put in a situation where they are going to have to counter that, and that's the age-old story of military capability," he said.
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There are fears that this would lead to the establishment of an offensive military capability in space, but a space force or corps doesn't necessarily mean space warfare.
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While the U.S. continues to have the world's only global military capability, able to deploy anywhere, it is no longer evident that this capability effectively sustains U.S. leadership.
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"These islands, especially those with reclaimed land and military capability already deployed, they're still in Chinese hands," Shi, who has advised the Chinese government on diplomacy, told Reuters.
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The crucial question, when it comes to deterring future attacks by Iran or its allied militias, Dr. Cohn said, is whether the assassination has degraded Iran's military capability.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un has convened a key ruling party meeting to decide on steps to bolster the country's military capability.
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Both great power rivals are probing the frontiers of American influence for weakness — ready to press their advantage when they find a lack of military capability or political will.
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"I think the public is nervous, and they need to know that we have the military capability to prevail should a conflict come," Thornberry said ahead of the hearing.
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The construction of such a new submarine suggests North Korea has been increasing its military capability despite nuclear diplomacy that it began with the United States early last year.
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"We must continuously strike a balance between the clear need to train and exercise military capability and the requirement to create space for and support strategic diplomacy," he said.
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Aerial refueling is seen as a critical military capability, allowing fighter jets and strike aircraft to fly for extended distances, linger longer over battlefields and strike longer-range targets.
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In the address, Kim made it clear that if the US continued its current policy against North Korea, he would continue to add nuclear weapons to the country's military capability.
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But it also has very real ambitions, growing military capability and a government that has placed the quest for ever-growing geopolitical power at the heart of its domestic legitimacy.
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As for China, Harris said, Beijing has made significant gains in military capability and also militarized the South China Sea through the building of seven military bases on artificial islands.
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Less than three years ago, ISIS was the most powerful jihadist organization in the world, having eclipsed Al Qaeda in all significant metrics, such as numbers recruited and military capability.
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The Trump Administration has simply accelerated the process to outright confrontation, explicitly linking China's industrial policy to its growing military capability, both at the perceived expense of the United States.
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Beijing's next immediate goal appears to be expanding its military capability much further out – to a number of potentially energy-rich atolls and islands claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.
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" In a written statement issued after her meeting, Hewson said: "I look forward to continuing to work together with President-elect Trump to drive the costs down on this critical military capability.
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"Jabhat al-Nusra and groups allied to it would once again be given time to recover, regroup and restore its military capability," he said, using the Arabic name for the Nusra Front.
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Russia maintains its powerful military capability and has shown the willingness to use it aggressively in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria and in a threatening posture toward NATO allies in the Baltic region.
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The Assad regime may also be producing new kinds of weapons, the officials said, with the goal either to improve military capability or avoid accountability from the international community, the officials added.
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The Trump administration has also sought greater cooperation from Southeast Asian countries, which may have little military capability to assist but are seen as sources of intelligence on ship movements, U.S. officials said.
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He said the threats from Russia included from unconventional warfare such as disinformation campaigns to the dangers posed from an increase in its military capability in the North Atlantic and in Eastern Europe.
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In another first, Xi has already overseen two large-scale military parades in his first term, including a dramatic display of China's rising power and military capability through Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2015.
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The U.S airstrike, though limited and likely a one-off event, cut into Syrian military capability and reminded the regime that its current (and hard-won) battlefield edge could be put at risk.
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The advantages for these states are clear: cyber attacks are covert; they compensate for lack of parity with the United States in conventional military capability; they inflict widespread damage; and they are deniable.
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"Hamas is the greatest non-state threat in terms of volatility," he said, while describing Hezbollah's military capability - it is estimated to have 100,000 rockets that can target Israel - as more worrying overall.
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"North Korea is trying to show its soldiers that they are becoming high-tech and keeping a certain level of military capability, while trying to eliminate dissatisfaction and worries inside its military," he said.
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Upon landing in New Delhi, Carter told reporters that China's actions had alienated countries in the region and said the US must maintain a military capability advantage over China while seeking cooperation where possible.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran should increase its military capability and readiness to ward off enemies, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in a meeting with Iranian navy commanders, according to Khamenei's official website.
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"There are great differences between the Syria situation and the Korean peninsula situation," Wang said, noting North Korea's conventional military capability to strike back at South Korea in the event of U.S. military action.
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North Korean defector: Kim will lose power within three years Tensions have ratcheted up on the divided Korean Peninsula this year as Pyongyang has made a series of assertions about developments in its military capability.
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"The main obstacle to completing the defeat of Islamic State in Syria is not the military capability of the terrorists but the support for them, and flirtation with them, by the United States," Konashenkov said.
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But BRAC appeared to gain some momentum earlier this year when the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said they supported it as a way to find money to channel back into military capability.
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"We have seen a broadly unified attempt to ensure that Iran underwrites and limits Baghdad's military capability and that they retain Iraq as a market for their exports and as an economic partner," he said.
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We may never be able to fully understand their national interest but one thing is for certain, their resources are not like ours when it comes to military capability or sustainability in a foreign theater.
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The United States possesses unmatched military capability, but history and experience demonstrate that it is neither economically wise nor morally proper to rely too heavily on power which is wielded through armed threat and force.
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Trump administration officials told the AP under the condition of anonymity that recent alleged attacks suggest Syria may be making new kinds of chemical weapons to possibly improve their military capability or evade international detection.
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A South Korea under the protection of China would strengthen Japanese calls for an autonomous military capability, including discussion of a nuclear option if Tokyo planners felt the Seoul-Beijing links were antagonistic to Japan.
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A spokeswoman for Ernst, an Iowa Republican and a veteran, told Politico that the senator has served with people "from all different backgrounds" and that gender identity is not an indicator of a person's military capability.
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Instead, as Foxtrot Alpha reports, the new arrangement bans the import of luxury goods and equipment that could further the country's military capability, as well as making it harder for the country to obtain rocket fuel.
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The deal with an agency representing Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey is designed to put Europe's largest defence project back on track after lengthy debate over cost overruns and shortfalls in military capability.
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As Foxtrot Alpha has reported, the new arrangement bans the import of luxury goods and equipment that could further the country's military capability, as well as making it harder for the country to obtain rocket fuel.
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Moscow clearly wishes to show that it can emulate Washington by sending a task force thousands of miles and then conducting weeks or months of military activity - an exercise that will highlight Russia's renewed military capability.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has reached an agreement with European state buyers to revise a contract for its delayed A400M military transporter plane, resetting Europe's largest defense project after a lengthy wrangle over costs and military capability.
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Ankara has argued that Washington should switch support for the Raqqa assault from the YPG to Syrian rebels Turkey has trained and led against Islamic State for the past year - despite U.S. scepticism about their military capability.
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Experts see the latest missile as indicative of an increased military capability, saying that the test appeared successful and that the missile displays features that could make it harder for the US military to shoot it down.
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These countries are allies in all but name, they are all strategically located, and they would bring considerable military capability to NATO's ranks; they should be welcomed into the alliance if and when their electorates so choose.
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Or perhaps the North could conduct its first submarine-launched ballistic missile test since last August, which, if successful, would allow it to demonstrate serious military capability without posing an immediate direct threat to the United States.
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"NATO is viewed as an existential threat to Russia, and in the post-Cold War period, the expansion of NATO eastward closer to Russia and our military capability they view as a very visceral threat to Russia," Adm.
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Britain, which has the biggest defense budget in the EU and is rivaled for military capability only by France, is eager to show that despite its vote to leave the European Union it remains committed to Europe's security.
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Yet today more officials and experts are putting China in the adversary category, or leaning toward doing so, not least because of Beijing's decision to expand its military capability and project it further into the South China Sea.
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Now the United States faces a rising China, long an economic force and now becoming more assertive in geopolitics - building its military capability and ignoring an international tribunal's ruling against its claims to most of the South China Sea.
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Now the United States faces a rising China, long an economic force and now becoming more assertive in geopolitics - building its military capability and ignoring an international tribunal's ruling against its claims to most of the South China Sea.
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But a resurgent Russia and tensions over the conflict in Ukraine have left politicians on both sides of the aisle looking to boost military capability and address the lack of talent keen on making a career as a professional soldier.
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Already, the Japanese government is considering authorizing development of its own offensive military capability for the first time since it lost World War II. And South Korea's President has asked the United States for permission to build more powerful ballistic missiles.
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Setting aside Mr Netanyahu's hyperbole, the revelations underscore not only the continuing efforts of Hamas to build up military capability but also the difficulty faced by aid agencies in getting help to those in desperate need of it in Gaza.
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Nor can we disagree with the fact that it is parlaying its limited military capability into an outsized role on the world stage, in a way that is usually not helpful to the polices of the United States and its allies.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting of top military officials to discuss boosting the country's military capability, state news agency reported on Sunday amid heightened concern the North may be about to return to confrontation with Washington.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting of top military officials to discuss boosting the country's military capability, the state news agency reported on Sunday amid heightened concerns the North may be about to return to confrontation with Washington.
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" On Sunday, North Korea said Mr. Kim presided over a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party, where it said important issues had been discussed "for the sustained and accelerated development of the military capability for self-defense.
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The United States and European states have been doing what they can to build Ukraine's military capability through training and non-lethal supplies, but for now it is highly unlikely that Kiev's allies would mount a military defense if it were attacked.
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Greater access to and support of non-traditional suppliers of advanced technology and more effective means to transition technical breakthroughs into widely deployed military capability would provide the DoD with the tools to begin arresting the decline in U.S. military-technical superiority.
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Other potential responses could include further attacks on shipping in the Gulf – although that would give those in the United States – as well as Israel and the Gulf states – who have long wanted to devastate Tehran's military capability the opportunity for action.
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DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar will buy fighter jets and armored vehicles as part of 3203 billion euros worth of commercial contracts it agreed with France on Thursday, bolstering its military capability and its international ties as it faces a boycott by other Arab states.
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"A military capability in the USS Carl Vinson carrier group that wasn't fully operational/effective in the early 2000s would come front and center," Park said, referring to the Aegis ballistic missile defense system that's installed on two destroyers and one cruiser accompanying the Vinson.
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Based on our assessment that the U.S. military has deteriorated to a marginal level of military capability and capacity based on our national interests and threats, the Heritage Foundation recommended a 6900 funding level of $2628 billion, which lies comfortably between these two proposals.
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"Given the situation, a unilateral ceasefire makes no sense, since Jabhat al-Nusra and groups allied to it will once again be given a breather, will regroup and restore their military capability," Rudskoy said, referring to a rebel group previously allied to al Qaeda.
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"We must admit that much still has to be done to boost our military capability equipment in order to meet a number of persistent maritime security challenges," Lorenzana said, identifying territorial disputes with China, and other countries, over resource-rich areas in the South China Sea.
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While it will take time for China to match U.S. military capability and surpass the United States in the overall size of its economy, the strides it has made in driving international economic development in strategically important parts of the world are at once impressive and alarming.
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Those demands were very familiar from past confrontations: that all joint military training between the United States and South Korea be stopped, that American nuclear and military capability within easy reach of the North be withdrawn, and that a peace treaty ending the Korean War be completed.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, state media reported Tuesday, as the North is increasing its pressure on the United States ahead of the possible resumption of nuclear diplomacy.
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We'd have to move thousands of troops back to the US and spend billions of dollars building new bases and new facilities to house them in the US. So it would be vastly more expensive for the US to maintain the military capability it has today without NATO.
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It has been specifically designed for use in the Pacific following a blistering report on US military capability that found that the US has fallen behind China, which now has hypersonic missiles that could potentially provide them with a decisive advantage in any future war in the South China Sea.
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Countries in the region will respond and have — the Japanese are taking about developing first strike weapons; South Korea is pushing the U.S. to return tactical nuclear weapons to their military capability; the Chinese hold a key leverage with their economic lifeline to the regime, all in spite of UN sanctions.
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"'First island chain' is a term created by the U.S. " Mitsui says, and while she agrees with the idea that China is looking to extend its military capability deeper into the Western Pacific beyond U.S. allies like Japan and the Philippines, there's another, more fundamental issue at play for China.
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"As we have stated, the United States does not seek conflict with the Iranian regime, but we will retain a robust military capability in the region that is ready to respond to any crisis and will defend U.S. forces and interest in the region," the Pentagon said in a statement.
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Given the difficulties of developing an independent military capability, Tokyo has no choice but to pursue a diplomatic solution with the help of other states — even though several multilateral efforts have failed in the past and bilateral relations between some of the main players today arguably are more fraught than ever.
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The carrier, Britain's largest and most powerful warship, will carry its contingent of state-of-the-art F-35 stealth fighter jets as well as US Marine Corps F-35s as it ventures into a region where "China is developing its modern military capability and its commercial power," Williamson added.
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Removing U.S. troops from Japan could also spur Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up efforts to change the country's constitution and strengthen its military capability, which could increase the potential for open conflict in the region, Nomura noted, citing analysis from Alastair Newton, director of the bank's geopolitical consultancy Alavan Business advisory.
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Finally, it has launched information warfare and constant threats against all of Europe and the U.S. Yet Russia cannot and dare not launch an all out war against Ukraine because of the limits to its own military capability which amounts to about 100,000 men capable of being operationally deployed against a resolute and steadily improving Ukrainian army.
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But Taliban leaders reject the idea, reluctant to jeopardize their military capability, which they see as their main source of leverage in reaching a deal with the United States not only on the withdrawal of foreign forces but also a wider settlement reached among Afghans enabling the Taliban to become part of a new political order.
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And the sad thing is, I always talk about the bad deal that we made with Iran as being one of the worst deals, actually the worst deal is what we've done again involving Iran, we've destroyed the military capability of Iraq and destroyed Iraq, period, and Iran is now going to take over Iraq, they've essentially already done that in my opinion, but they're going to officially take over Iraq in the very near future.
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Iran president Rouhani also claimed that Iran will not weaken its defense development definitely and strengthen military capability continually, even under mounting pressure from the U.S. As a cocktail of events develop, markets are more worried about the turbulence in Middle East, because once relationship between Iran and U.S. get worse and they take military actions to revenge each other, then concerns about petroleum safety in the Middle East ramps up, and that will further pressure supply side, pushing oil prices higher.
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"The command and control of that capability is a sitting duck for the Iranians""Iran being able to hit the oil facilities without being seen or intercepted reinforced what has always been a concern: The Americans have a huge amount of military capability in the gulf, but the command and control of that capability is a sitting duck for the Iranians in the case of a regional conflict," said the NATO officer who does not have permission from NATO or their government to discuss the matter with the press.
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