Sentence examples for weapons for defense from inspiring English sources

They said the arms most likely to be of use were relatively light and simple shoulder-fired anti-armor weapons for defense against tanks, as well as rifles like Soviet AK-47s and communications equipment.

Large carnivorous forms such as the African tigerfish and the South American piranhas have powerful jaws and strong teeth, extremely effective weapons for defense as well as for offense.

American leaders to this day want nuclear weapons for "defense".

The ships carried a wide array of smaller weapons, for defense against torpedo boats.

Lawton received Geronimo and agreed to allow the Apaches to retain their weapons for defense against nearby Mexican troops.

But he said that schools are currently dangerous, because they do not have weapons for defense purposes.

GAM says that it is never the aggressor in such clashes and that it possesses weapons only for defense.

When asked, in 1998, about obtaining chemical or nuclear weapons, he said, "Acquiring such weapons for the defense of Muslims [was] a religious duty".

But because we are discouraged from learning of science and mathematics as giving us no merit for the afterlife, today we have no capacity to produce our own weapons for our defense.

In the next breath, though, Haslett wondered aloud whether the Rams have too many offensive weapons for any defense to contain, with quarterback Kurt Warner -- the league's most valuable player last season -- and two of the N.F.C.'s top receivers in Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt to complement Faulk.

The Kremlin also upheld arms deliveries to the country, arguing that Damascus needs the weapons for national defense and national security purposes.