Sentence examples for expensive capability from inspiring English sources

Take strategic airlift — a very expensive capability that is absolutely essential in this globalized world.

Payne said submarines were defence's most complex, sensitive and expensive capability, so it was important the evaluation process was thorough and robust.

The expensive national capabilities for collecting intelligence have divided management.

As Mr Marquez puts it, "the government typically buys large, expensive space capabilities, which cost a great deal and take a long time to build.

Cloud computing gives small- and medium-sized companies a way to avoid having to invest in difficult and expensive IT capabilities that they aren't good at, and which aren't helping them be more competitive.

The report correctly points out that the proliferation of relatively cheap missiles and drones — which are normally countered by expensive, high-capability missiles — creates a potential attrition threat.

A rapidly changing security landscape demands continual assessment of expensive new capabilities well outside of the traditional military hardware norms, as well as being equipped to conduct large-scale conventional warfare underpinned by the ultimate deterrent of a nuclear sledgehammer.

Nevertheless, MLST remains expensive and requires sequencing capability, thus currently restricting its availability for rapid determination of whether strains from a potential melioidosis outbreak are linked.

"Tamburlaine" was also a successful test of the theater's expensive acoustics and production capabilities.

Recently, for example, he described the agency's information-technology capabilities as "expensive, fractured, incompatible, but remarkably accessible to those who would like to use sensitive design and personnel information for personal gain".

Less than a decade ago, drones with real capabilities were expensive, rather large and very hard to fly.