Sentence examples for potential aggressor from inspiring English sources

A senior official said the missile would be used only defensively, but did not identify a potential aggressor.

And he said, "Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction...

A potential aggressor against our country would have to gamble on a lack of resolve not only in the White House but in Downing Street.

The ability to inflict "unacceptable damage" on a potential aggressor is the ultimate guarantee that Britain will not be invaded or destroyed.

Budgeting a nation's defense capability is complicated, however, because defense capability is not determined unilaterally; it depends on the capability of the potential aggressor.

If a potential aggressor develops an advanced weapon system that effectively counters a weapon stocked by the defender, it will eventually threaten to overwhelm the latter's defenses.

A lack of clarity, Rasmussen said, "could lead to miscalculation by potential aggressors".

Monroe and Adams were well aware of the need for the British fleet to deter potential aggressors in Latin America.

But doing nothing in response to the gas attack would send the wrong message to potential aggressors, the President said, and that would constitute "a danger to our national security".

In October Mr Panetta said that "potential aggressors should be aware that the United States has the capacity to locate them and hold them accountable for actions that harm America or its interests".He may be over-claiming.

He maintained that the absence of human intervention would inspire an even greater fear in potential aggressors, making it even less likely that they would resort to a first nuclear strike.