Sentence examples for defensive exercise from inspiring English sources

"A lot of this is a defensive exercise.

Though avowedly a defensive exercise, this includes rehearsals for Oplan 5015, which envisages attacking North Korea's nuclear sites and "decapitating" the top leadership.

"There should not be any reason for the Russians to get scared or see this as anything other than a defensive exercise," said Norwegian Lt. Gen. Rune Jakobsen.

"Mine counter-measure activity is an inherently defensive exercise, there cannot be a misinterpretation that it's an offensive exercise in any way," said Miller, head of the US 5th Fleet based in Bahrain.

"Raising issue with the legitimate, defensive exercise is a provocation in itself," said Rear Adm. Kim Kyung-sik of South Korea said Wednesday, adding that live-fire battery exercises and torpedo and depth charge firing will all take place south of the so-called Northern Limit Line.

"For whatever they may say for public consumption, they know this is a defensive exercise," Mattis said.

Then came crossover drills and defensive exercises.

In fact, the United States and Iran have each announced what amounted to dueling defensive exercises to be conducted this fall, each intended to dissuade the other from attack.

Next week some existing Polish paramilitary units will take part in a Nato defensive military exercise in Poland called Anaconda 2016.

Iranian media on Sunday reported Tehran will conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what government officials now say is a deadline for the West to respond to its counteroffer to a nuclear-fuel deal.

"These defensive, combined exercises are designed to send a clear message to North Korea that its aggressive behaviour must stop, and that we are committed to together enhancing our combined defensive capabilities," he said.