Sentence examples for naval capacities from inspiring English sources

Beijing has been working hard to build up its naval capacities here, including interests in ports in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh — something that has India deeply concerned.

However, the extension of the naval capacities at Gythium greatly displeased the abutting states of the Aegean Sea and the Roman Republic.

Walje calls the boosting of naval patrols or on-board security "suppression" elements that get most of the anti-piracy funding, and doesn't see a way for them to be rolled back without improving justice systems and developing robust naval capacities in local countries.

Georgian officials, including Mr. Utiashvili, said Abkhazia's separatists lacked the naval capacity to follow through on the threat.

The Japanese Navy is considered one of the world's most sophisticated, but China is increasing its naval capacity.

Helmut Heitman, a defence analyst and correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly, told IRIN that Mozambique does not have a naval capacity: "[The] Comoros has nothing.

Anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa in 2011 cost an estimated $6.9bn, or about two-thirds the annual GDP of Madagascar, an island country that has no naval capacity to speak of.

"The best way, not just on naval capacity and shipbuilding, but on currency and economic policy, is for Scotland to stay part of the United Kingdom".

Asked again to offer a guarantee, he said: "When it comes to your naval capacity you've got a take a long, hard look at the way these things are done.

Both sides had few tanks and outdated aircraft, and naval capacity was fairly even.

After the establishment of Scottish independence, Robert I turned his attention to building up a Scottish naval capacity.