Sentence examples for Capable of retaliating from inspiring English sources

With one rocket and one poison gas bomb he could start a war with Israel, which is capable of retaliating with nuclear power.

Iran has grown bolder in recent months in highlighting its close ties with Hezbollah, to serve as a kind of warning that forces capable of retaliating against Israel sit right beyond its northern border.

Administration officials acknowledge that they have had to accede to some of the sentiments of America's allies in Asia, not least because North Korea is capable of retaliating against those allies in the event of any American military strike of the kind being considered for Iraq.

With the Kim regime also making progress on long-range missiles, the next president may confront a North Korea capable of retaliating against America cities for any U.S. military action.

However, when the model involves multiple interactions among players (IPD), strategies that are cooperative but capable of retaliating against cheating can out-compete cheating strategies (e.g., the well-known TFT).

"But Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary".

The study sug gests that a force capable of responding to a Russian "first strike" by retaliating against Soviet cities may no longer be a sufficient deterrent; it sees need for a defensive "counterforce" capable of destroying Soviet intercontinental missiles in their silos.

In a period of temporary U.S. nuclear supremacy, the U.S.S.R. has had no other choice but to create its own atomic weapons and launchers capable of reaching U.S. territory if the Soviet Union is every forced to retaliate.

Stephen "hadn't known till this morning that he was capable of such overwhelming rage," and he eventually goes too far in retaliating for his pain.

This time, Israelis feared, Hamas would retaliate with long-range rockets designed and funded by Iran that were capable of reaching Israel's two largest cities, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

He is capable of anything, and I am fearful that if I do not do as he wishes  . . . he may retaliate".