Sentence examples for counter north from inspiring English sources

Though ostensibly designed to counter North Korean aggression, China has expressed displeasure to South Korea fearing it may also be used to contain China.

On a visit to the region this month, Ashton Carter, America's defence secretary, promised to deploy more state-of-the-art weaponry to counter North Korea.China's growing willingness to talk to Japan may also have spurred South Korea to overcome its scruples about doing so.

a. Giving nukes to South Korea to counter North Korean threats b.

With the 1st Battalion having taken heavy casualties and the 3rd Battalion forced to move to counter North Korean attacks, the northwest flank of the American line had been beaten back.

This decision was motivated by a desire to keep the pilots gainfully occupied while Melbourne completed her refit, and would not involve deploying the A-4Gs as they lacked the weapons systems and avionics needed to counter North Vietnamese air defences.

However, retired Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, a military historian, contended in his 1996 book that in spite of their original purpose of short range infiltration, the Eighth Army Ranger Company was employed well for the missions they conducted, most of which were reactionary and borne out of a need to rapidly counter North Korean and Chinese attacks.

Recent U.S. military exercises in South Korea, such as Foal Eagle in March, have focused at least in part on countering North Korean commandos.

The force's missions range from responding to natural disasters to countering North Korean threats and Chinese audaciousness in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established new military bases.

What is not yet clear, however, is whether the new team in Washington recognizes that it is facing an actor in Pyongyang that is possessed of, and guided by, a strategy or whether the Obama administration is ready to devise an effective strategy of its own for countering North Korean nuclear proliferation.

The United States uses two different categories of missile defense to counter North Korea.

A US State Department spokesman condemned the launch, and said it would "only increase the international community's resolve to counter" North Korea's actions.