The phrase "ability to defend it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity or skill to protect or justify a particular position, argument, or idea.
Example: "In a debate, having the ability to defend it is crucial for persuading the audience."
Alternatives: "capacity to support it" or "skill to justify it".
"As always, we will continually evaluate whether further actions can be taken to protect the privacy of our users and our ability to defend it," write Mayer and Bell.
They focus on companies with high market share and an ability to defend it with patents, high budgets for research and development or unique technology -- all to find companies that are likely to post better-than-expected earnings that will send their stocks higher.
However, Kerry also warned that the termination of the two-state solution will lead to the emergence of one state in Israel, one that is Jewish but not democratic, which will undermine the US ability to defend it.
China, which has only a small missile arsenal compared with the United States and Russia, has been worried that such a system could in effect neutralize its ability to defend its claims to Taiwan, which it considers Chinese territory.
"If infidels invade an Islamic country and that country does not have the ability to defend itself, it becomes the binding obligation of all the world's Muslims to declare a holy war," the decree said.
But a gun represents a greater change in a woman's ability to defend herself than it does for a man.
It also limits its ability to defend itself against allegations of corruption and maintain the trust of its stakeholders.
Relative to such neighbors, Libya's decision to dismantle its nuclear programs had weakened its ability to defend itself.
"Confidence in your own ability to defend yourself comes with educating yourself about it, and is a massive advantage when in an unsafe situation".
Bridgestone/Firestone, he added, is "quite confident" about its ability to defend other defective-tire cases.
"We are not complacent," Fallon said, but the "government can be confident of its ability to defend the Falklands".
