Sentence examples for capable force from inspiring English sources

A Ministry of Defence spokesman says the UK is still committed to heavy armour: "The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) recognised the need for an agile and capable force, which included the continued requirement for tanks to provide a unique capability".

It was the ambitious, capable force that did the spadework and systematically built the framework.

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate last week that the South Korean military "is a very capable force, but it has had some setbacks in funding to achieve" some of the steps the two allies have set for transfer of control, including the purchase of weapons, the stockpiling of munitions and the mastering of certain surveillance platforms.

The PKK, which Turkey, the EU and the US list as a terrorist organisation for its attacks on Turkish security forces and civilians, is a highly capable force.

". "We know the ANSF is already a more than capable force and they will continue to carry out the work that's needed to secure the country when we leave".

They're providing fewer targets, which also means that they're a less capable force.

"Our entire strategy revolves around working the most capable forces.

Today it is vying to become one of the world's most capable forces: one that could, if necessary, keep even the Americans at bay.

It may temporarily be able to hold the line, but aviation experts suggest that it can only really have an impact if operating with capable forces on the ground.

*India "most likely" will expand the size of its nuclear-capable force.

And the idea of building first-strike-capable force is still on the table for 2014, according to a government official.(Picture credit: Wikimedia Commons).