Sentence examples for acquiring weaponry from inspiring English sources

As many Armenians and Azeris in Karabakh began an arms build up (by acquiring weaponry located in caches throughout Karabakh) in order to defend themselves, Mutalibov turned to Gorbachev for support in launching a joint military operation in order to disarm Armenian militants in the region.

(Drug dealers from Baltimore are not driving to West Virginia gun shows to acquire weaponry).

d) As a result of foreign sponsors supplying the Syrian opposition with arms, terrorists come to acquire weaponry such as advanced shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile systems, creating new threats to civilian targets such as passenger jets.

American gun laws are complicated and vary by state, but in no developed nation is it as easy or as accepted for citizens to acquire weaponry and ammunition capable of exacting mass violence.

As the disintegration of the Soviet Union became a reality for Soviet citizens in the autumn of 1991, both sides sought to acquire weaponry from military caches located throughout Karabakh.

The government in Addis has spent an estimated $2bn on acquiring sophisticated weaponry for the war against Eritrea while people are starving all around it.

Although North Korea has publicly sought to improve its diplomatic relations in recent months, senior United States and South Korean military officials said Pyongyang had also been busy beefing up its military, acquiring advanced weaponry and conducting rigorous exercises.

Less than $4 billion is devoted to procuring equipment, on the grounds that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has not yet completed his defense review and so cannot yet propose his own plan for acquiring new weaponry.

In language similar to the prewar resolution on Iraq, a recent House resolution authorized the use of "all appropriate means" to deter, dissuade and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weaponry — terminology often used to approve preemptive military force.

Most of China's increased spending has been used to improve the living standards of its soldiers, not to acquire advanced weaponry.

One is that it automatically matches players of around the same skill level, which means that – unlike with the much-hyped Star Wars Battlefront – new players don't immediately find themselves wiped out by veterans who have acquired heavy weaponry and unbeatable attacks.