Astoundingly, one-third of all war materiel parceled out to state, local, and tribal police agencies is brand new.
If Jünger sees evil in all this, it is in the materiel, not in his human adversaries.
The U.N. panel of experts that prepared the report said the arms shipment violated a U.N. resolution "prohibiting the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of all arms and related materiel".
Consequently, the Finnish Defence Forces were lacking military materiel in almost all branches.
He was thus able to rescue a high proportion of the units involved, albeit at the cost of nearly all their armour and heavy materiel.
Lyautey himself said that "in our entire colonial history there has never been a case of the destruction of such an important force, of the loss of [almost] all its officers..., of the disappearance of so much materiel and booty of war".
The panel said there is "unequivocal and overwhelming evidence that Liberia has been actively supporting the R.U.F. at all levels, in providing training, weapons and related materiel, logistical support, a staging ground for attacks and a safe haven for retreat and recuperation, and for public relations activities".
At present, it is either evaluating or negotiating the acquisition of materiel worth an equal amount which, like all earlier procurements, would be via the government-to-government foreign military sales route.
The three-hour display of some of the men and materiel of Pakistan's lavishly resourced military included representatives of all three services, fly pasts by screeching fighter jets and processions of missile launchers and tanks.
