Sentence examples for purpose of defense from inspiring English sources

"It's an entrepreneurial army, which has had its attention diverted from its stated purpose of defense.

"So, China needs to maintain a certain scale of troops, which is completely for a purpose of defense".

Strong military for the purpose of defense, free market economics and a general idea that you are better suited to spend your money than the federal government.

For purposes of defense, the professor has not only his own tribesmen but also his own gunmen.

It is a relic from a time when we needed an arrangement to manage property and reproduction and, crucially, to establish kinships for purposes of defense: safety in numbers.

Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza, said in a statement that its gunmen had confronted an Israeli force that crossed into the Palestinian territory east of Khan Yunis, and that it did so for purposes of defense.

Continual harassment by the Sioux and other enemies caused the Hidatsa and Mandan to move the village to a new location near Fort Berthold; many Arikara joined them in 1862, also for purposes of defense.

Just as the Interstate Highway System built to serve the dual purposes of defense and commerce really did improve productivity and sustain the country's new status as a great world power, the 1950s appeared to "work".

Spurs are used for the purposes of defense and dominance.

With public health, as with highway construction, he said, steps taken for the purpose of national defense will benefit civilians for decades to come.

The purpose of missile defense is to protect our European allies from any rogue threats, such as a missile from Iran".