Sentence examples for capable ground from inspiring English sources

With Obama ruling out US ground combat, US military planners acknowledge that they will not have a reliable, capable ground force to take territory from Isis in either country for months at least.

With Obama ruling out US combat troops for now, there is no capable ground force in eastern Syria to capitalise on the air strikes by seizing territory back from Isis.

There is no capable ground force available.

Last fall he was converted into a fullback before the Illinois game and proved a capable ground gainer.

To be sure, Russia's air campaign in Syria, in contrast to that of the US-led coalition, has in the Syrian military a relatively capable ground force which theoretically gives it a strategic advantage.

Speaking to reporters at a conference in Germany, Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, made that point Wednesday, adding that it was crucial to have "capable" ground troops.

Notwithstanding the suspiciously chimerical army of 70,000 rebel fighters conjured by Mr Cameron from the northern deserts, capable local ground forces are mostly lacking.

As well as flying, vertical take-off and landing, the police car used by Rick Deckard - played by Harrison Ford - in Blade Runner is capable of ground travel.

Aerial gameplay was also changed, with the dragon now capable of ground combat.

In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

It has 90 smaller MiG-29s and some other aircraft capable of ground-attack missions, according to the latest edition of the "Military Balance" published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.