Sentences with phrase «in coastal defense»

The company worries, with reason, that sea - level rise threatens several billions of dollars in coastal defense infrastructure.

HISTORY LESSON: The headlands are dotted with interpretive sites highlighting their role in coastal defense, from mid-19th-century fortifications to Cold War - era anti-aircraft missile batteries.

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By all accounts, the new coastal defense systems represent a significant addition to Beijing's military portfolio in one of the most contested regions in the world.

China's military conducted live - fire exercises in coastal waters opposite Taiwan, trying to send a message to the democratic island whose Defense Ministry dismissed the drill as small - scale intimidation.

In early April 2011, the Rafael team wrote a chapter in military history and won international glory when a first operational battery deployed by Air Defense Command near Ashkelon intercepted in flight a Grad rocket meant to hit a residential area in the southern coastal citIn early April 2011, the Rafael team wrote a chapter in military history and won international glory when a first operational battery deployed by Air Defense Command near Ashkelon intercepted in flight a Grad rocket meant to hit a residential area in the southern coastal citin military history and won international glory when a first operational battery deployed by Air Defense Command near Ashkelon intercepted in flight a Grad rocket meant to hit a residential area in the southern coastal citin flight a Grad rocket meant to hit a residential area in the southern coastal citin the southern coastal city.

In cases of coastal zones, adaptive practices like inappropriate coastal - defense schemes and coastal - habitat conversions are maladaptive.

In a new report on climate change and human health in Virginia, the Natural Resources Defense Council says the risk of heat - related illnesses will grow; coastal flooding, already a major concern, will worsen; and allergy season will start earlier and last longeIn a new report on climate change and human health in Virginia, the Natural Resources Defense Council says the risk of heat - related illnesses will grow; coastal flooding, already a major concern, will worsen; and allergy season will start earlier and last longein Virginia, the Natural Resources Defense Council says the risk of heat - related illnesses will grow; coastal flooding, already a major concern, will worsen; and allergy season will start earlier and last longer.

It is a coastal town and contains a fort, constructed in the 18 century for defense against pirates.

«Carefully selected artworks installed in the long - abandoned coastal gun batteries of the Golden Gate invite reflection on the timely subject of border defense in the United States and beyond.»

The exhibition sites are part of a former US Army base park and represent distinct chapters in the region's coastal defense history.

New commissions and recent works in various media — sculpture, painting, installation, performance, and video — will take over five historic structures at Fort Winfield Scott, the former headquarters for coastal defense of California at the Golden Gate.

Look for the coastal defense systems the city put in place in World War II to fend off the Japanese Navy.

And, in Golden Gate, all of those things are here — whether it's Fort Point and its amazing history of coastal defense; or it's Alcatraz, with its multi-layered history; or Muir Woods, that really is, in some ways, the heart of the whole movement for National Monuments to be established.

But as a placeholder to keep in mind when thinking about coastal defense strategies this high resolution model has skill.