Instead, the union is now creating 13 smaller and more flexible formations of 1,500 men, known as battlegroups, which are meant to deploy in troublespots within ten days.
Crammed into the tiny Soyuz capsule with two crewmates from the International Space Station, Peake watched the clock tick past the time when the main parachute was meant to deploy with a reassuring tug.
This suggested that the capsule's landing bag, which was meant to deploy upon splashdown in order to provide a cushion, might have deployed early.
Witnesses reported seeing a parachute drifting away from the falling F-100F, leading to the hope that a pilot had ejected, but when the parachute was located it was determined to be a drag parachute that is meant to be deployed on landing to help slow the fighter down.
Update: Actually, as the comments point out, RethinkDB is meant to be easy to deploy.
Originally, Panasonic's container was meant to be deployed in areas with no electric power supply, mainly in developing nations.
The buffed metals, polished stones, and Apple Store-esque glass façades that decorate the mall's interior are meant to telegraph tastefully deployed wealth, and this they do to perfection.
The tactic was meant to terrify people before deploying troops in armored personal carriers.
The devices being deployed by utilities are meant to last for 15 to 20 years.
But no matter how many are ultimately deployed, the new devices are meant to give the soldiers perhaps the most precious commodity on the modern battlefield besides life itself: information.
This is what is meant by "flexibly deployed".
