Sentences with phrase «number of weapons used»

(Not all aircraft active over Iraq and Syria are under US control, so the total number of weapons used is likely higher.)

Not exact matches

However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.

«But... it is in the national interest that there be a dramatic reduction in the number of automatic and semi-automatic weapons in the Australian community [because] there is a clear link between the volume of powerful weapons in the community and the extent to which they are used in an indiscriminate manner.»

And when we are bad or isolated or angry or furious or vengeful or politically agitated or confused or lost or deranged or unhinged, and we have the ability to get and use weapons only designed to kill large numbers of people our society is in great danger.

As to nuclear weapons, I think their use was immoral and that we ought not make moral decisions based on weighing the number of lives saved or (potentially) lost.

The Metropolitan police have been considering using sound weapons for a number of years.

Third - grade children in Missouri are selling raffle tickets for an AR - 15 rifle, the weapon used by the killer last week in the Florida school shooting and in a number of other mass shootings, to raise funds for their baseball team.

White House officials acknowledged that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale a number of times.

Washington (CNN)- The White House acknowledged Thursday the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale a number of times, according to a statement.

When an assault weapon is used in a shooting, the number of victims who are killed increases by 63 percent, according to Nadler, who said there have been more than 8,000 incidents of gun violence in the U.S. so far in 2018.

During debate over the gun control legislation approved in the State senate and Assembly, the issue of mentally ill people using guns to kill others came up a number of times, particularly among legislators who are opposed to restricting access to assault weapons and other guns.

«As for the morality of that decision we have recently had both the memorial of the Halabja massacre where thousands of people were murdered in one day by Saddam's use of chemical weapons; and that of the Iran - Iraq war where casualties numbered up to a million including many killed by chemical weapons.

Tory MP Jesse Norman has been kicked off the Number 10 policy board after refusing to back the Prime Minister's call for action against the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons.

The flexibility is amazing: any number of smaller weapons can potentially be handled safely and securely using the OutBags Holster.

For instance, local officials lured large numbers of Tutsis to a school near the town of Murambi, where Hutu militias used machine guns, explosives and other weapons to kill more than 40,000 people in just three days.

In the arms race of life, a number of animals use venom as a weapon to paralyze prey and jump - start digestion.

A team of U.N. inspectors has found «clear and convincing evidence» that a chemical weapons attack using the nerve agent sarin killed a large number of civilians near Damascus on 21 August.

If the material from one such reactor (of a size of practical interest for power production) were diverted, it might be a matter of some two or three years before it could be used to make a small number of atomic weapons.

Dandelions were the weapon of choice to use on my defenseless little brother — I can't even count the number of times I rubbed that yellow flower all over his face, turning him completely yellow (we had a lot of dandelions in our yard).

Every weapon in the game has a set number of uses, after which it will break.

Finally, the update introduces a number of weapon balance changes, including an increase in great sword damage, an increase in the stun values of the hammer, an attack power increase for the hunting horn, and a reduction in the difficulty of using the lance.

By the end of my time with the brief hands - on demo, I was able to use three of the currently unknown number of possible weapons in the game with each serving a different purpose.

The second — because of the large number of weapons that we'd have — is to have a scenario in future where players can switch weapons, and whichever weapon you're using change how the game plays.

Those skills rely on specific conditions being met in the game's levels — one might require completing a stage using a specific weapon, another by shooting a certain number of enemies without taking a hit.

The number of exclusions for assault without the use of a weapon has also risen, with 4,635 in 2016/17, from 3,990 and 4,371 in previous years.

There are a number of web - based outlets that, while truly falling under the classification of pet specialty, can use their incredibly low overhead and ability to move a high volume of product as pricing weapons that small pet retailers could never hope to compete with.

By tapping in compatible amiibo (sold separately), you can instantly unlock a number of Nintendo - themed costumes **** for Bayonetta to wear, weapons to use and more!

This is the largest Zelda game to date that features a robust item creation system, an awesome combat mechanic and a weapons system that is new to the series in which you will find hundreds of differently leveled weapons that will deteriorate and fail after using it for a certain number of hits.

The only drawback is that some of the more generic weapons, such as swords and spears, are used by a wide number of officers, so characters such as Sun Jian and Xiahou Dun (both sword - wielders) have very similar movesets if equipped with their default weapon, while they had uniquely tailored ones in the pre-DW6 games.

These skill points can be used to purchase ammo and a number of upgrades to your weapons making them even more deadly.

You have a number of extra weapons and abilities you can find while destroying enemies, all of which compliment your basic weapon you use constantly while roaming around.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

If you get X number of experience points you unlock the next level, and with that level comes the ability to use some new weapons, or equip some new gear, or take advantage of new abilities.

There is a vast number of weapons to select from even in the beta and each one you use «levels up» individually.

There are a number of perks to unlock using points earned by completing challenges, which include using specific weapons a number of times and hunting a number of animals.

Lara can gather salvage from enemies, crates, animals, among other things, and can use it to improve her weapons in a number of ways.

This kicked off a number of appearances in various role playing, Mario Party, Mario sports, and Mario Kart games (among others), the latter two where she appears to be particularly affectionate towards none other than Yoshi, as the two share several things in common — most notably both being dinosaur - like creatures of similar stature who produce great numbers of eggs that can be used as weapons.

You will be awarded for «smacks» when you destroy another vehicle, but the number of smacks rewarded will change based on the weapon or method you use.

Few things have been more polarizing in reviews for Breath of the Wild than the implementation of fragile weapons that break after a number of uses.

The controls of this game aren't complex, which is always a good thing, you block with the right mouse button and attack with the left, you can quickly switch weapons with the number keys or by scrolling and use the special with «F».

Not only is there a wide range of animals to hunt, their skins are also quite useful as they can net additional funds by being sold, or can be used to craft a number of useful items, such as additional ammo bags, weapon holsters, syringe kits, and more.

The two deities didn't fight directly, but created a large number of special weapons for others to use.

Since each squad can be upgraded with a number of different weapon types, and each weapon type has a specific function in the game, properly controlling, outfitting, and reinforcing your squads in the heat of battle can be difficult just using the mouse.

On top of that there are a number of expansions that add new guns, weapon skins, and more characters to use in the game's co-op and competitive multiplayer,

Each weapon, too, can be upgraded a certain number of times with the use of materials you find spread throughout the world and dropped by slain enemies.

As the game begins, his stamina bar (which is used for running, swimming, and, mainly, for climbing up walls and mountains) is small, severely limiting the places he can reach; the number of hearts he carries is laughable, making him an easy target to even the most insignificant enemies; and the slots for weapons in his inventory can be counted in one hand.

It also features a number of fighting styles, weapons, and more that you can use to beat up the bad guys.

The pistol isn't a fun weapon to use, and the sheer number of enemies mean that you're over-exposed to a central element of the game called «glory kills», where you finish off an enemy with a brutal melee attack.

Using a number of different weapons, you slash, stab, and shoot enemies in real - time.

Lara also uses a number of brand new weapons and gadgets.