The phrase "armed muscle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a person or group that is physically strong and equipped for combat or forceful action.
Example: "The security team was composed of armed muscle, ready to protect the premises at all costs."
Alternatives: "militant strength" or "combat-ready force".
Hence its armed muscle is, in effect, protecting the world from a Middle Eastern oil shock.
Pro-Syrian factions, bolstered by the unrivalled armed muscle of Hizbullah, the Shia party-cum-militia that fought a war with Israel in 2006, harassed and hamstrung Mr Hariri's government, forcing it into a power-sharing deal in 2008.
Only in recent weeks has the distance traveled come into focus: France, reintegrated in 2009 into the command structure of NATO, spearheading the United Nations-backed NATO military operation in Libya; providing armed muscle to the U.N. forces in Ivory Coast; and giving its pacifist-trending ally Germany a lesson in 21st-century Atlanticism.
It is likely that, just as with the Taliban, IS will likely expand its portfolio of criminal activities as it evolves from supplying armed muscle to other criminal organizations to actually organizing and directing them.
In Colombia, armed groups have muscled their way into the mining business, using violence to settle their disputes.
The FARC had dominated the territory in recent decades, blocking other armed groups looking to muscle in, at least in part because of its trafficking importance.
"Freedom" deals with a future America that has fallen under a totalitarian regime, with the only hope being four heavily muscled and armed rebels fighting to overthrow the bad guys.
Using heavy-armed tactics, they muscled in on the drugs trade and made a nuisance of themselves around the commune.
In the past decade or so Nigeria's armed forces and its diplomatic muscle have helped end wars in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.Yet Nigeria is also an exporter of insecurity, much of which can be traced to dizzying levels of corruption and political inertia.
Ending the rift with Japan will also help the Americans to overhaul their security strategy in East Asia, giving them more flexibility to deal with the threats posed by terrorism, by a nuclear-armed North Korea, by the military muscle of a rising China and, with that, the potential for conflict over Taiwan.
Practicing the plank exercise, specifically the one armed version, is an excellent way to get the core muscle strength needed for this exercise.
