Sentence examples for defensive firepower from inspiring English sources

The bastion added to defensive firepower by eliminating the "dead space" just below the parapet.

By Adam Gopnik The Civil War turned out to be a bloody war of attrition, where defensive firepower so overwhelmed the offense that the soldiers mostly just stood there and watched each other die.

The fight, Faust reminds the reader, which was expected to be, if not a romp, then at least a rout, turned out to be a bloody war of attrition, where defensive firepower so overwhelmed the offense that — at Antietam and Fredericksburg and the Wilderness — the soldiers mostly just stood there and watched each other die.

The fight, Faust reminds the reader, which was expected to be, if not a romp, then at least a rout, turned out to be a bloody war of attrition, where defensive firepower so overwhelmed the offense that at Antietam and Fredericksburg and the Wilderness the soldiers mostly just stood there and watched each other die.

Missions were flown in either a trio or a pair to maximize defensive firepower, and sometimes with 101 Squadron escorts, but no enemy fighters were ever encountered.

Even universal background checks on guns have come up against a wall of Second Amendment rhetoric proclaiming the rights of citizens to virtually unregulated gun ownership and to defensive arsenals of firepower to ward off the federal government.

Now it is a classic matchup of offensive firepower (St . Louis against defensive mettle (Tampa Bay) in the N.F.C. title game.

Considering that we face no threat today similar to that of the Soviet Union 45 years ago, this should be more than adequate firepower for any defensive measure or, if need be, an offensive strike.

The Kuznetsov will add to the firepower, both offensive and defensive, that Russia has concentrated in the region.

He has also lacked the defensive recoil to match his offensive firepower, and has earned an overall minus rating (the opponent outscores the Capitals while Ovechkin is on the ice) in each of his last four playoff campaigns.

The new ship types also increased the archipelago fleet's firepower, provided it with better defensive capabilities, and made possible more efficient fire support in amphibious operations.