The American ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, said recently, "Without dramatic action to close the capabilities gap, we face the real prospect of a two-tiered alliance".
General Naumann said, "If we could free 6 to 8percentt of the defense budget now spent on pay and benefits, we could really begin to modernize the armed forces in a way that would be able to close the capabilities gap between most Europeans and the Americans".
This fast paced and high-tech military modernisation has led to the emergence of weapons systems and technology, which in certain theatres has closed the military capability gap with the US considerably.
However, when the PPXD was attached to an alternative position in the associated SecYEG complex, with the clamp closed, the transport capability was preserved.
They are utilizing all of their national intelligence resources to rapidly close the gap between western military capabilities and Chinese-desired capabilities.
But Pentagon officials, who plan for every contingency, said that, however unlikely, Iran does have the military capability to close the strait.
So we still have to import some finished French fries in order to close the gap between current supply capability and demand.
The process includes (a) benchmarking the existing sales and marketing process, (b) establishing gaps between the benchmarks and company goals, (c) developing required capabilities to close the gaps, (d) engineering the new sales coverage model, and (e) executing, measuring, and adjusting the model.
The blind shear ram selected to close must be able to shear the material, maintain the seal capability and consequently close the well.
The administration dismisses that argument as overblown, an effort to kill a deal that Israel has made clear it detests, because it could enshrine the current status quo — with Iran close to the capability to build a weapon.
