Sentence examples for defence umbrella from inspiring English sources

The measure destroyed the so-called US defence umbrella but emboldened anti-nuclear campaigners.

Hillary Clinton today outlined how the US may go about containing a nuclear-armed Iran by extending a "defence umbrella" to US allies in the region.

They will also seek to get American promises that Taiwan will not be part of a proposed defence umbrella for East Asia, consisting of early-warning systems against incoming missiles.

It comes within weeks of the US switching on a powerful ballistic missile shield at Deveselu in Romania, as part of a "defence umbrella" that Washington says will stretch from Greenland to the Azores.

They include about 10,000 army troops, advanced jet fighters, more than 40 ships, sophisticated surveillance and intelligence systems, and a broad missile defence umbrella made up of ships, Patriot missile batteries and radars.

It is possible there will be a negotiated settlement in which the UK and Scotland become strong allies as fellow members of Nato, with the gradual relocation of Trident and the UK effectively providing a defence umbrella to allow the new nation time to build its own forces.

He led the umbrella defence and reads the game exceptionally well, as displayed by his big hit on Lee Jones in the first half.

The US, Europe and their Nato alliance are floundering in their nuclear policy, apparently willing to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear assault and relying on a magic umbrella of missile defence to defend themselves.

The UDA was founded as an umbrella group for community defence associations that sprang up in Protestant areas as the IRA was revived in Catholic areas.

Salvatore Mancuso, a senior commander in the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), an umbrella group for the country's paramilitary factions, denied his forces were involved.

By restricting their advance, Egyptian ground forces would remain within range of their own SAM defences, which would provide a protective "umbrella", negating the Israeli advantage in the air.