Still, officials made it clear that France would preserve its independent nuclear deterrent outside of any alliance structure, and that France would not allow its troops to serve permanently under any foreign officer, even in peacetime.
"How is that a deterrent?" Outside the courtroom, Kaufman said the dismissal of the charges would have been appropriate. .
They believe that a European army would act as a deterrent to outside forces such as Russia that have the potential to affect European trade and resources.
They view nuclear capability as a deterrent to outside attempts at ousting them from political power.
The Local Government Association LGAarguesues that the cameras serve as a deterrent - particularly outside schools - and that without them, children and people with disabilities could be in increased danger.
He said that TomTom's management owned 52% of the company, which would be an obvious deterrent for an outside buyer, with little chance of a hostile or under-the-radar approach.
She also keeps a shotgun, a bulletproof vest, and a Border Patrol hat hanging outside her bathroom as a deterrent.
That, combined with Mr. Putin's willingness to use the military to expand Russia's influence outside its borders, necessitated a stronger deterrent force, officials said.
Boris Johnson has called for the removal of "stupid" spikes installed outside a London housing development as a deterrent to homeless people – prompting immediate criticism of his own record on people sleeping rough in the capital.
Ukraine has never been a part of the NATO alliance, and therefore didn't have NATO as a deterrent to fend off against outside forces.
21 As in other studies in low-resource settings, caretakers in our study cited the cost of treatment as the major deterrent to care-seeking behavior outside the home.
