Sentence examples for capabilities to defend from inspiring English sources

It also cast, by implication, significant doubt that returning to negotiations would do much good: "In North Korea's view," it concluded, "the destruction of regimes such as Ceausescu, Hussein and Qaddafi was not an inevitable consequence of repressive government, but rather of a failure to secure the necessary capabilities to defend their respective autocratic regime's survival".

"It is apparent that many, if not all, African countries lack the capabilities to defend their ever-growing cyber infrastructure".

The Department of Transportation said the FAA was "committed to strengthening our capabilities to defend against new and evolving threats with a high degree of urgency".

The United States, meanwhile, is ramping up capabilities to defend against the threat from North Korea, staging its first-ever successful test to intercept an incoming ICBM-type missile in May.

It means devoting our cyberwarfare capabilities to defending we the people, not foreigners whose loyalties lie elsewhere.

They must be complemented by a credible and cost-effective capability to defend against ballistic missiles.

Confirm that Syria is militarily powerful and has the capability to defend its sovereignty and its people's positions.

It should allow us to share information so that each nation can improve its early warning capability and its capability to defend its people and territory.

The document argued that the armed forces "must have the capability to defend against WMD-armed adversaries... because deterrence may not succeed".

At the same time, they agreed that NATO "must have the capability to defend" itself against weapons of mass destruction and "their means of delivery".

"They hope to wear out the patience of Americans, our coalition, and Iraqis before the arrival of effective self-government, and before Iraqis have the capability to defend their freedom".