Sentence examples for approved defences from inspiring English sources

Many said they were angry work had not started on an approved defences scheme.

He also, reports said, last week approved defence plans that envisaged using air force planes to shoot down unmanned aircraft in Japanese airspace.

In a tactical device by the Democrats, the bill has been tacked on to legislation approving defence spending for next year, making it harder for the Republicans to obstruct it.

The settlement, approved by defence minister Moshe Yaalon in October but which only became public last week, will arise on a strategic point on the road that connects the southern West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron.

Recognising this, the law will apply to fresh victims until 2021.On the same day the law was approved, the defence minister, Rodrigo Rivera, unveiled a new security strategy that aims to break up criminal gangs, cut the area under coca by a third, and bring about the "implosion" of the FARC, all by the end of Mr Santos's term in 2014.

The ministry has asked for 5.09 trillion yen£27bnbn) for the financial year starting in April 2016, amid concern over Beijing's construction of artificial bases in the South China Sea and its claims to the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu island chain in the East China Sea If approved, the defence budget would be Japan's biggest ever, after the fourth increase in as many years.

In the days following the storm, John Moore (Minister for Defence) approved a request for 300 Australian Defence Force personnel to assist recovery operations, although their assistance was only for one week while resources were stretched.

In early December, Poland's defence ministry approved an upgraded national defence plan that includes an effort to co-ordinate better between the regular military and informal paramilitary outfits.

The speech - approved by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson - comes amid speculation of potential defence cuts.

The white paper was released before the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his cabinet are expected to approve a defence budget that includes initial costs for a US-developed land-based missile defence system, Aegis Ashore, which will be deployed specifically to counter the threat from North Korea.

With fears over militancy on the rise, Ed Miliband will surely also approve greater defence spending as UK finances improve, moving the party to the centre as the 2020 election draws closer.