Sentences with phrase «for naval operations»

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Richardson, the chief of US naval operations, told the House Appropriations subcommittee in March that Russia's increasing interest in undersea operations was «exactly why our investments [in European operations] are focused on the antisubmarine - warfare problem, both enhancing our undersea sensors and then... infrastructure for the antisubmarine aircraft, the P - 8.»

«The most troubling implication for Australian interests is that a future naval or air base in Vanuatu would give China a foothold for operations to coerce Australia, outflank the US and its base on US territory at Guam, and collect intelligence in a regional security crisis,» Rory Medcalf, the head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, wrote in a Lowy Institute report.

When plans for a major naval operation had been approved by the proper agencies, to what extent did the Naval Minister exercise control over the manner of conduct of that operation?

We should ultimately aim at closing all our imperialist enclaves, but in order to avoid isolationism and maintain a capacity to assist the United Nations in global peacekeeping operations, we should, for the time being, probably retain some 37 of them, mostly naval and air bases.

For the previous two years San Miguel Island had been closed to the public by the U.S. Navy for the purpose of clearing the island of anything unsafe left over from naval operations during WWFor the previous two years San Miguel Island had been closed to the public by the U.S. Navy for the purpose of clearing the island of anything unsafe left over from naval operations during WWfor the purpose of clearing the island of anything unsafe left over from naval operations during WWII.

By remaining outside the Convention, the United States makes it more difficult for U.S. naval forces to have maximum operating flexibility in the Arctic and complicates negotiations with maritime partners for coordinated search and rescue operations in the region.

Damien Mander is a former naval special operations sniper for the Australian Defense Force who, after 12 tours of duty in Iraq, ended up in Africa witnessing the horrors of poaching and decided to using his very special skillset to do something about it.

If the services are indeed to use alternative fuels in tactical weapon systems, these fuels must be able to substitute for one or more of the three petroleum - based distillate fuels that currently support the majority of military operations: the two military jet fuels, JP - 8 and JP - 5 («JP» stands for «jet propellant»), and naval distillate (F - 76).

These UN Security Council resolutions provide the legal basis for the EU naval operation mandated with the task of disrupting the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean: EU NAVFOR MED Operatiooperation mandated with the task of disrupting the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean: EU NAVFOR MED OperationOperation Sophia.