Indeed, when the deployments were first announced, a Defense Ministry spokesman in Beijing said that U.S. moves to strengthen regional military alliances reflect a "Cold War mentality" and would be "detrimental to the mutual trust and cooperation between countries in the region".
Key predistribution in wireless sensor networks using deployment knowledge was first studied by Liu and Ning [3].
This successful deployment was the first time a large Australian military force had operated outside of Australia since the Vietnam War and revealed shortcomings in the ADF's ability to mount and sustain such operations.
The development and use of specialized craft for tactical deployment on hostile shores was first undertaken by the Japanese, who in the early 1930s employed the first landing craft with a ramp in the bow to permit the rapid deployment of troops.
The BBC acknowledged that its staff numbers often attracted criticism and said its total deployment was one-fifth of the number being sent by US broadcaster NBC.
The deployment is the first time that Russia has combined the aircraft carrier's defensive capability with the offensive capability of Peter the Great, a nuclear-powered battlecruiser.
The deployment is the first time since World War II that the Japanese military has been used to support forces engaged in combat.
The Pentagon has been steadily building up forces in the Persian Gulf for months, but this deployment is the first time a full division, which includes foot soldiers, armor, aviation and artillery units, has been sent to the region as part of that escalation.
Nodes deployment is the first step in establishing a sensor network.
The third soldier, Specialist Edward Herrera, 22, from Miami, on his first deployment, was a gunner in a truck when a truck in front was hit by a roadside bomb.
