Nepal's army, outnumbering the Maoists at best seven to one, is stretched far too thinly over the country's formidable terrain to defeat them, he said.
Malta has more formidable terrain than many small islands (just ask the Ottomans, or the Nazis) and laden with history and culture, as well as blue Mediterranean skies.
High costs of transportation continue to sap Alaska's economic development, largely because the major transportation links, both internal and external, are by air, which provides the fastest way to cross Alaska's great distances and formidable terrain.
Eventually, the six-wheeled robot will climb to the top of this mountain, having negotiated a formidable terrain of boulders, canyons and escarpments.
Both vehicles (except for the muscle-truck Grand Cherokee SRT-8) are what Chrysler calls "Trail Rated," which means they can handle formidable off-road terrain.
Even the in-bounds terrain is formidable.
In addition, the Patagonian terrain is formidable, making it difficult to construct roads.
Greek border fortifications had been adapted for the terrain and a formidable defence system covered the few available roads.
Excellent marksmanship, mobility and knowledge of the terrain made the Boers a formidable enemy.
Eliminating him may be hard; with the backing of his bellicose tribe, in remote terrain, Mr Mehsud is a more formidable militant than those in Swat.
Nevertheless, it was later realised that the terrain which the 2/24th faced was more formidable than first thought and that in order for the battalion to make progress, they too, like the 2/48th, would need tanks.
