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China has the biggest civil defense capability in the world, but it still took three or four days to reach the collapsed towns.

Not exact matches

Taiwan will also hold its annual Han Kuang military drills, which tests its defense capabilities, in June, according to Taiwan News.

Thomas Harvey III, the acting assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities, told South China Morning Post that US bombers had been deployed to assure US allies in the region.

«Iran's missile capability protects its citizens in lawful self - defense & advances common global fight to eradicate (IS) & extremist terror,» he wrote.

The US maintains a large naval presence in the Pacific with advanced ballistic - missile - defense capabilities.

«After more than a decade combatting violent extremists and conducting contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and most recently Syria, [the Defense Department] has prioritized the rebalancing of its forces in recent budget requests to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevail across a full range of potential contingencies,» states a Government Accountability Office report released in June.

At a NATO summit in Wales in 2014, months after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, allies agreed to end years of defense cuts that left Europeans without vital capabilities, such as refueling airborne fighter bombers.

With the Ministry of Defense now preparing its five - year procurement plan and continuing discussions with U.S. officials on complementary roles, missions, and capabilities in the alliance, this is a good time for Japan to introduce modest policy steps for developing strike.

The Aerospace Industries Association, a trade organization for the aerospace and defense industry, recognizes this challenge: the AIA's Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommends «that the nation immediately reverse the decline in, and promote the growth of, a scientifically and technologically trained U.S. aerospace workforce,» adding that «the breakdown of America's intellectual and industrial capacity is a threat to national security and our capability to continue as a world leader.»

In general, China's approach is to reduce manpower and upgrade its defense capabilities, in particular, through technologIn general, China's approach is to reduce manpower and upgrade its defense capabilities, in particular, through technologin particular, through technology.

«The most encouraging part of the successful defense of Beersheva and Ashdod,» Rubin said, «is that it is possible to well protect air force and naval bases and maintain the IDF's attack capability in the face of an onslaught from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza strip.

«With that in mind, it is refreshing that when it comes to cyber defense capability, Micro Focus is seeing a much higher degree of operational sophistication than ever before.

I understand that just two men in the team that have capability to make faster transition from defense to attack.

they could also hide it: germany maintained its defense capabilities and expertise before ww2 by engaging in construction and research in defense outside of germany.

The company said it will invest in its U.S. defense subsidiary to «drive technology transfers, improve facilities, and grow its organic engineering, research, development, testing and production capabilities.»

[40] In 2011, former Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba explicitly backed the idea of Japan maintaining the capability of nuclear latency:

Since the beginning of the Eleventh Five - Year Plan, the school has adhered to major strategic demands of national defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial awards.

The primary mission of the branch is to conduct research and development (R&D) programs in solid state electronics and related technologies that support U.S. Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) interests and capabilities in the full range of new weapons capabilities enabled by high - power solid state electronic devices.

«Unfortunately, the Department of Defense resistance to discussing capabilities and pointing out the difficulties of tracking objects of this size has left us in a situation where this is still a challenge,» he says.

Together, these communication and defense capabilities allow P. aeruginosa to form tightly packed layers called biofilms, which can cause respiratory tract infections in humans and are particularly dangerous to cystic fibrosis patients.

«NNSA pursues its mission in nuclear security through the application of world - class capabilities, and meets the evolving challenges of tomorrow through our commitment to innovation and research in the fundamental sciences needed to adapt to this dynamic yet enduring nonproliferation and nuclear security mission,» said Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, in a release.

As the principal associate director, Wisoff will continue to be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of NIF as a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industry.

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet is a cooperative, voluntary program involving the DOT, DOD and the U.S. civil air carrier industry in a partnership to augment DOD aircraft capability during a national defense related crisis.

In implementing the pilot program, DOT will coordinate with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security and the Attorney General to test counter-UAS capabilities, as well as platform and system - wide cybersecurity, as appropriate and consistent with U.S. law.

Described by Toyota as having «outstanding capabilities for working in arduous conditions such as in rescue work during natural disasters,» the four - wheel - drive vehicle immediately appealed to the Japan Self - Defense Forces (JSDF), which used it to transport infantry, heavy mortars, and surface - to - air missiles, among other dangerous things.

- the 18 returning classes were chosen by seeing which popular classes would fit with the game - they also wanted to include classes to cover roles that the roster was lacked - the Pugilist class was added because the first group of classes selected did not include any with bashing and binding attacks - War Magus was added because the Medic was the only healer class in the roster at that point - they couldn't simply include all popular classes as that would have skewed the balance of the game - as for the Hero class, they with balanced offensive and defensive capabilities, but this made things to similar to other classes - this was rectified by adding after - images and other skills with good synergy - when an after - image appears, it does the same skills as the Hero, except on the following turn - it becomes possible for skills that usually can not be used multiple times in a row to be activated multiple turns in a row - it also means skills that only have an effect for one turn can be extended to two - after - images use not only the Hero's own class skills, but also their subclass skills - if the subclass is an Imperial, the Drive skill can be used multiple times in a row - when using Hero as a subclass to Nightseeker, the character can cover the Nightseeker's weaknesses of having low defense - after - images can also help increase the chances of inflicting status ailments - subclasses can be used to make up for weakness - Swordsman, a class that can learn speed and accuracy boosting skills, would be a good subclass for the Gunner - Reaper as a subclass for War Magus would allow that character to use the scythe's skills to inflict status ailments - the skill tree is slowly unlocked as a character grows - there are more skills that make jobs» individual styles stand out more, or expand the player's choices - the skill tree is also made so that there are less requirements to learn specific skills as compared to 5 - this makes it easier for players to get the skill they want without spending large numbers of skill points on lower skills - it's now easier to put points into skills, which makes re-specing easier - the team faced difficulty in balancing classes that were never meant to be alongside each other - they are doing their best to ensure that they keep the individual classes» identities intact

Having learned the hard way in World War II the disastrous consequences of military inferiority, the United States has invested trillions of dollars in our defense capabilities.

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1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

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