It's not the threat to the physical environment that is the chief source of concern, but rather that the tests breach a significant barrier on the path leading to deployment, and have a substantial risk of triggering escalation as other nations respond.
The Trust is now investigating this and is setting clearer procedures for triggering escalation.
clinical judgment of attending (senior) medical officer triggers escalation of treatment and care.
Attacks on EU vessels and aircraft could trigger an escalation and force Nato to get involved, said policymakers in Brussels.
Perhaps, after another unarmed black man is shot dead by the American police, violence towards protesters could trigger an escalation.
Attacks on EU vessels and ships could trigger an escalation and force Nato to get involved, policymakers in Brussels said.
(Hey, "The Daily Show" is a hit over on Comedy Central!) Though sober souls like John Moody would surely dissent, the success of Fox's shouting-heads programming could trigger an escalation of cheaply produced Gladiator TV: more dialectic screaming matches whose profitability edges out the dull stuff.
Instead, the big risk is that a small incident could trigger an escalation that runs out of control, writes David Blair, chief foreign correspondent for the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Let's investigate what might have helped to trigger that escalation; first we need to review the dramatic changes that have happened recently to our society -- new laws, changing perception, high levels of stress and concerns about security.
War with Iraq before a genuine attempt at inspection and disarmament, or without genuine international support -- could swell the ranks of Al Qaeda sympathizers and trigger an escalation in terrorist acts.
Our article assumes selection of a threshold to trigger an escalation of care.
