The phrase "ability to operate its" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity or capability of an entity to manage or control its functions or systems.
Example: "The company's ability to operate its machinery efficiently has significantly improved production rates."
Alternatives: "capacity to manage its" or "capability to control its".
The first barrage of nearly 120 Tomahawk cruise missiles from American warships and a British submarine, which struck 20 command-and-control sites, severely damaged the regime's ability to operate its air-defence system.
The United States, unlike, Europe, faces little immediate pressure from financial markets and has the ability to operate its fiscal and monetary policy in tandem, while European governments gave up direct national control of monetary policy when they agreed to adopt a common currency.
In a public hearing, an official at the regulatory agency, Katsuhiko Ikeda, dressed down Tepco's president, saying the problems raised serious questions about the company's ability to operate its other nuclear plants, like the huge Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility, which Tepco wants to restart.
"In the process, the UK would lose the ability to operate its nuclear deterrent and effectively be forced into unilateral disarmament, for an indeterminate period".
That expansion of UberX was announced despite a fight with a certain member of the Dallas City Council who proposed a series of regulations that would severely impact its ability to operate its service in the city.
And in January the company said that it would restructure its business and split into five units in an effort to improve its ability to operate in its different markets.
The 5 year long operation consolidated the Chinese navy as an Ocean going navy and an avenue to improve its ability to operate beyond its sphere of influence.
Republicans, though controlling only one-third of the process through their majority in the House, appear to have firmly snagged the upper hand in the legislative dynamics, largely because of their unwillingness to sacrifice ground even when their stance threatens both the government's ability to operate and pay its debts, and their own prospects for retaining their jobs.
Experts say the group revels in the destruction as it highlights its ability to operate with impunity and it shows the powerlessness of the international community to put a halt to its actions.
Yet much of its power, and its ability to operate with some impunity, derives from elsewhere: from its status as a state within the Lebanese state.
Sodium is favoured as a coolant because of its good heat-transfer properties, its ability to operate at lower pressures than other coolants and its relative "transparency" to fast neutrons, which means it does not interfere in the fission process, says Dr Hill.
