Sentence examples for develop defence from inspiring English sources

During weeks of immense suffering in Aleppo, the EU has been debating abstruse plans to develop defence capability, a discussion that continues at Thursday's summit.

As with so many other countries, China has been happy to develop defence and economic ties with Pakistan while avoiding criticism of its political situation.

MEPs stress that the EU and NATO should cooperate more, particularly in the east and the south, to countering hybrid and cyber threats, improve maritime security and develop defence capabilities.

They argue it restricts America's ability to develop defences against the security challenges of the 21st century.

But it is legal to develop them in order to develop defences: a loophole routinely exploited since 1945 by both Soviet and western blocs.

They claim their purpose is to develop defences against possible biological weapons attack, but most experts in the field consider this to be nonsense.

US defence secretary Robert Gates says China's rapidly developing defence capabilities are worrisome to the US.

He also did a stint in East Timor developing defence strategy, and has written books with titles such as Give Them a Volley and Charge!

Plants have developed defence systems to cope with environmental stresses such as heavy metal pollution.

The innate immune response is an important and highly developed defence mechanism against pathogens in fish [ 43].

Term neonates have an increased susceptibility to infection due to incompletely developed defence mechanisms, both in the innate and acquired immunity [ 1].