Sentence examples for impose a naval blockade from inspiring English sources

Some of Mr. Bush's advisers have pointed to the Kennedy decision to impose a naval blockade on Cuba -- and to threaten drastic action if the missiles were not removed -- as an example of pre-emptive military action.

Professors May and Zelikow together edited "The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis" (Harvard University Press, 1997), an annotated history of secret recordings made as President John F. Kennedy agonized in October 1962 over whether to order a pre-emptive air strike to destroy Soviet missiles in Cuba, risking nuclear war, or to impose a naval blockade.

T HE film faithfully recounts Kennedy's agonizing over whether to launch a surprise, pre-emptive air strike to destroy the Soviet missiles before they become operational (as most of his military advisers urge) or impose a naval blockade (described at the time as a "quarantine" to sound less belligerent) with the threat of an American invasion hovering over the Russians' heads.

Allison argued that one key determinant of Kennedy's decision to impose a naval blockade on Cuba rather than to invade the island was the delayed flight of a spy plane, which resulted from a quarrel between the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Air Force over who was to pilot the plane.

In October 1805, however, a combined Franco-Spanish fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Trafalgar, allowing Britain to impose a naval blockade of the French coasts.

Based at Scapa Flow in the Orkney islands, 18th Cruiser Squadron was part of the British effort to impose a naval blockade on Germany.

Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba.

Third, the United States should consider imposing a naval blockade on the major ports which are supporting the pirate activities.

The Israeli war ship, which had been imposing a naval blockade of Lebanon, returned home on Saturday, the military said.

Saudi Arabia imposed a naval blockade on Tuesday on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to combat Shiite rebels along its border, an adviser to the government said.

Intervention came in late March, when a coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia launched air strikes to repel a Ḥūthī advance toward Aden and imposed a naval blockade.