Intermittency creates a significant barrier to large scale deployment — and subsidy time for operational deployment of wind and solar is well and over. (watertechbyrie.com)
«Rightly we are prioritising getting equipment out to those who need it most, but we are also maintaining our focus on delivering long - term equipment programmes: the Sentinel R1 aircraft with their ASTOR radars have just returned from a successful operational deployment; and the first of our powerful Type 45 destroyers, HMS Daring, has been handed over to MOD to start an intensive trials programme. (politics.co.uk)
However, defence minister Derek Twigg insisted British forces were «stretched but not overstretched» and noted that just under 60 per cent of personnel believed the period between operational deployments was about right. (politics.co.uk)