Sentence examples for procurement of weapons from inspiring English sources

We see Johnson, as head of a senate investigation into American military preparedness, far more interested in his own publicity than in examining the procurement of weapons systems.

"By the government's own account, the vast majority of government revenue … has funded security expenses and the war effort, including the procurement of weapons, rather than social services".

The first, he said, was whether the I.R.A.'s vague assertion that its "strategies and disciplines will not be inconsistent with the Good Friday Agreement" meant an end to "targeting, procurement of weapons, so-called punishment beatings and so forth".

Mr Blair had said then what was required was "that the ceasefires are indeed complete and unequivocal: an end to bombings, killings and beatings, claimed or unclaimed; an end to targeting and procurement of weapons; progressive abandonment and dismantling of paramilitary structures actively directing and promoting violence".

The first was the procurement of weapons in a 1999 arms deal.

Defense expenditures are made on an annual basis, the government allocating so much of its total budget to personnel costs, so much to the procurement of weapon systems, and so much to general support.

Alkastronic specialized in arms from Eastern Europe and, ostensibly, observed international laws on the sale and procurement of such weapons.

Firstly, he kept a lid on spending, meaning fewer fat commissions on the procurement of expensive weapons.

Since 1989, Osama bin Laden has established a series of businesses to provide income for Al Qaeda, and to provide cover for the procurement of explosives, weapons and chemicals, and for the travel of Al Qaeda operatives.

Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the procurement of chemical weapons, related equipment, goods and technology or assistance from the Syrian Arab Republic by their nationals, or using their flagged vessels or aircraft, whether or not originating in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic; Compliance 21.

Rather than being directed toward counterterrorism or other defensive measures, the bill stipulates that funds will be used for the procurement of advanced weapons systems, roughly three-quarters of which will be purchased from American arms manufacturers.