The conversion will enable the warships to sneak in close to an enemy coast and fire conventional missiles or deliver dozens of commandos, two capabilities that are expected to be in demand in the war on terrorists.
For instance, military experts say that the United States or Britain could use cruise missiles or commando units to deliver a directed-energy weapon within a few thousand feet of an Iraqi control bunker that happened to be close to a large civilian population.
Joined by the shadowy black-ops rogue agent, Shadow Wolf, can she fend off the assaults of fanatical White House officials and Hezzbollah commandos in time to write and deliver her column before deadline and still be on time for her third date with George Clooney?
Ryan Sidebottom held his nerve to deliver Yorkshire a maiden Friends Life t20 win of the season and render Gareth Andrew's commando mission futile.
Skydiving commandos, a homemade killer drone and even a pair of animatronic dinosaurs were all deployed by Pakistan's army on Monday in an attempt to deliver a much-needed shot of self-confidence to the terrorism-ravaged country.
The commandos had dropped down in parachutes under a cloak of darkness while 8,000 miles away President Obama was preparing to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
It was the Palestinian issue that opened the rift between the two, when Israeli commandos raided the Turkish ship, the Mavi Marmara, as it was trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza to deliver supplies.
On "Next Action Star," a new talent series that begins tonight on NBC, a curious subset of fame-seekers -- those with a taste for stunts, a hawkish nature and enough Hollywood gravitas to deliver "Make my day -style epigrams -- can be seen furrowing their brows anday -stylehepigramspled fingers as they try to win a career playing cops and commandos.
AT A CLASSIFIED COMMANDO BASE, Afghanistan — One day this month, a pair of Russian Mi-17 assault helicopters delivered two teams of Afghan commandos, their faces obscured by black masks, in a touch-and-go landing at this camp in a lush valley encircled by frosty peaks about 50 miles from Kabul.
