The phrase "are capable of striking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's ability or potential to hit or impact something, either literally or metaphorically.
Example: "The athletes are capable of striking the ball with great force during the game."
Alternatives: "have the ability to hit" or "are able to impact".
Misguided individuals, religious fanatics, self-styled crusaders, and agents of national or rebel groups can -- and do -- operate everywhere and are capable of striking almost anywhere, anytime.
The raids today were intended to disable Taliban artillery positions that are capable of striking an important supply route used by the Northern Alliance, Mr. Baryalai said.
"We are capable of striking America and we are capable of exhausting it," he said, according to translations by Arabic-speaking journalists.
The Clinton administration's plan is an even greater worry for the Chinese, who have only about a dozen land-based missiles that are capable of striking the United States.
Some of the tests involved long-range missiles that flew over northern Japan – albeit at very high altitudes – while North Korea also possesses several hundred medium-range Rodong missiles that are capable of striking Japan.
Its defence minister said pointedly this week that it could now mass-produce missiles (by churning them out just like cars, he joked) that it has in the past claimed are capable of striking both Israel and American bases in the Gulf.
They were capable of striking most American cities, including New York and Washington.
In a further sign of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, South Korea on Thursday test-launched a ballistic missile that is capable of striking any part of North Korea.
A number of them, including North Korea, will be capable of striking the United States within a few years, and with little warning.
Israel considered Mabhouh to be the point man in smuggling longer-range Iranian rockets into Gaza that would be capable of striking Israel's urban heartland.
