Sentence examples for maritime defense from inspiring English sources

There is instead a maritime defense budget, a deep-sea navy budget, a coastal defense budget, and so on.

Last month, the Philippines and Japan announced that they would undertake increased joint naval exercises and institute regular talks between maritime defense officials.

If, for instance, it is proposed to add a longer-range aircraft to the maritime defense role, this can be costed, and, depending upon the importance of extending maritime defense compared to other objectives, an informed decision can be made on whether to allocate the incremental funds to the upgraded aircraft or to some other project supporting some other military activity.

U.S. proposals for the Gulf states to work together on maritime defense in the Persian Gulf have been met with a tepid response.

Suikokai, an organisation that supports Japanese navy veterans and conducts research in maritime defense, said that if the discovery is confirmed, a memorial service could be held at the site.

The Laboratory's mission areas are space systems and technology; air, missile, and maritime defense technology; communication systems; cyber security and information sciences; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and technology; advanced technology; tactical systems; homeland protection; air traffic control; and engineering.

They eagerly welcomed Secretary Gates' initiative on regional air and maritime defenses.

Instead of granting Taiwan's request to purchase four destroyers equipped with the Navy's advanced Aegis radar systems, the Pentagon has recommended a study of the island's maritime defenses, which have grown increasingly weak.

The Sindhurakshak is one of 10 Russian-made Kilo-class submarines that India has as part of its front-line maritime defenses, but only six of India's submarines are operational at any given time — far fewer than are needed to protect the nation's vast coastline.

As European countries colonized vast portions of Africa, Asia, and Australia, military engineers were often given responsibility for the exploration and mapping of these regions and for the construction of public buildings and utilities, roads, bridges, railways, telegraph networks, irrigation projects, harbours, and maritime defenses.

A year ago, the Pentagon sent a survey team to study Taiwan's maritime defenses.