Sentence examples for low-intensity operations from inspiring English sources

As the 20th century approached its end, there were abundant signs that large-scale, interstate, conventional operations of war had been caught in a vise between nuclear weapons on the one hand and low-intensity operations on the other.

Lacking the capability to inflict large-scale attacks, grassroots terrorists will focus on low-intensity operations.

Whereas some species of wildlife thrive in such low-intensity operations, even low-level extraction appears to have a negative effect on some primate species, including chimpanzees (White, 1992; Barnes and Lahm, 1997; White and Tutin, 2001; Matthews, 2004).

The ADF has the capability to undertake peacekeeping and low-intensity warfare operations independently in Australia's region and can sustain such deployments for a lengthy period.

At his best, Smith is the Clausewitz of low-intensity conflict and peacekeeping operations.

Nonetheless, Ferguson concludes that The Utility of Force is "an impressive and absorbing work", and described Smith as "the Clausewitz of low-intensity conflict and peacekeeping operations".

On 15 May, Senator Cohen introduced the Senate bill, co-sponsored by Senator Nunn and others, which called for a joint military organization for SOF and the establishment of an office in the Defense Department to ensure adequate funding and policy emphasis for low-intensity conflict and special operations.

Thomas W. O'Connell, who resigned this spring after nearly four years as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, defended the task forces.

It was even screened at the Pentagon by the Directorate for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict in 2004, apparently to inform strategy in Iraq.

The general's staff of about 15 people reports to the office of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, which is under Mr. Feith.

No city officials spoke at the ceremony on Friday, Along with Mr. Foye, the speakers at the 90-minute ceremony included Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland, Lt. Gov. Robert J. Duffy and Michael A. Sheehan, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.