Sentence examples for a layer of defense from inspiring English sources

The GMD rockets are supposed to provide a layer of defense against incoming nuclear-tipped ICBMs, although experts question whether they can hit the biggest and fastest rockets.

Social organization results in an increased risk of disease transmission but it also adds a layer of defense, labeled social immunity [ 5].

When Jamie apologizes to Crystal for his highhanded behavior, it feels as if a layer of his defense had been temporarily peeled away.

But, he added, "it's not too much to say there is a reasonable prospect to interpose a thin layer of defense".

Extracellular polysaccharides form a first layer of defense by providing a physical barrier against phage entry [9].

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was initially viewed as an attempt to break out of the arranged containment system, thus the U.S. placed a priority on quickly building up a new layer of defense.

It is against this backdrop that GoFundMe is adding a second layer of defense, in the form of a guarantee to its donors and recipients.

Batteries designed as a third layer of defense in the event of lost power were expended in less than a day, leaving that facility with no ready means to keep nuclear material cool.

Yet they stress that not only is an in-app button a reasonable solution, but that their new, intensive Indian driver screenings should be a solid layer of defense against abuse.

A second layer of defense (effector-triggered immunity, ETI) can be activated through recognition of particular pathogen effectors or their actions on host targets by Resistance (R) proteins.

In a first layer of defense, transmembrane pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), usually with extracellular LRR-type domains, recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and initiate downstream signaling events including defense gene induction [ 2], and lead also to cell wall reinforcement by callose deposition and SNARE-mediated secretion of anti-microbial compounds [ 3, 4].