Sentence examples for building a missile from inspiring English sources
Republicans in Congress who have long supported building a missile shield expect the new administration to move quickly to build the limited system begun under Mr. Clinton and then to accelerate research into sea- and space-based systems.
On the outskirts of Tartus satellite pictures show that Iran is building a missile base.
With each of these events, support for building a missile defense withered.
Building a missile defense would require amendments to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile agreement.
In practical terms, those requirements should defer building a missile defense system at least until the next president takes office.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Japan "understood" American policy on building a missile defense, which he said merited research.
He believes in building a missile-defence shield, in preventing China from becoming a regional hegemon, in using human rights as a weapon in foreign policy; in short, he is every timorous European's worst nightmare.
The Kremlin argues that building a missile-defense system will undermine global security by destroying the basic premise of arms control: the logic that no nation will attack another if it is unable to defend itself against the inevitable counterstrike.
Mr. Bush also spoke of his administration's efforts to transform the military, including increasing the use of remote-controlled aircraft, overhauling military counterinsurgency training, moving troops away from cold war garrisons and closer to potential hot spots, building a missile-defense system and giving Special Operations forces the lead role in the global fight against terrorists.
Mr. Clinton wants modifications to the treaty -- which bars either country from building a national missile defense system -- to permit the United States to begin building 100 missile interceptors at a site in Alaska that would be the center of a system guided by ground- and space-based radar.
General Powell also made a strong case for building a national missile defense, saying it was necessary to thwart the "blackmail inherent in some regime" possessing long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
