The phrase "advancing arms" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to military movements, weaponry, or metaphorically to describe progress in a competitive or aggressive manner.
Example: "The army was seen advancing arms towards the enemy's position, ready for battle."
Alternatives: "progressing weaponry" or "moving forward with arms".
Certainly this was understood by President Reagan, who worked with Democrats frequently and showed flexibility that would be ridiculed today – from assenting to tax increases in the 1983 Social Security fix, to compromising on landmark tax reform legislation in 1986, to advancing arms control agreements in his second term.
Listening to today's candidates --at any level -- one would not know that, historically, Republicans have been instrumental in advancing arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear disarmament.
The Sri Lankan army is advancing, armed with tanks and aircraft.
Here was the low front arm in arabesque and other positions, a characteristic going back to Margot Fonteyn, so that the advancing arm often continued the line of the neck and shoulders; here was the male-female harmony of line in pas de deux; here were the dulcet songlike musicality, the neatly plucking footwork and the blithely free torsos.
And the option many in Congress are clamoring for -- selling Taiwan advanced arms and destroyers equipped with the Aegis radar system -- also has its drawbacks.
Many of the raw materials are specifically banned by the United Nations for sale to Iran, and the Iranian recipient is a recognized leader of the military's efforts to make advanced arms.
And so, on Saturday, the anarchists advanced, arms linked, chanting an animalistic "Uh, uh, uh, uh" as they went.
A rebel commander told Reuters he expected fighters would receive more weapons from sponsoring countries to counter the government's latest advance, although there was no sign they would get advanced arms such as anti-aircraft missiles they have long sought.
And keep in mind that these are wars in which, as U.S. Army major and TomDispatch regular Danny Sjursen suggests today in "How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East," the most all-American military word around may be "more" ― as in more troops for Syria, more troops for Iraq, more troops for Afghanistan, and of course more missiles, planes, ships, advanced arms, you name it.
During the intervening period, the Mughal presence became increasingly important to the remaining Deccan kings, who struggled to maintain or expand their position within the Deccan while trying to fend off the advancing Mughal arms.
But what has not changed is the centrality of U.S.-Russia cooperation to addressing urgent U.S. national interests, including advancing nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, combating terrorism and drug trafficking, and managing the drawdown of NATO forces while maintaining security in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
