Sentences with phrase «preemptive attacks»

Preemptive attacks against foreign lands are pointless.

North Korea is developing long - range missiles and practicing for nuclear war — and the US military is considering preemptive attacks on the isolated nation's military facilities.

Bolton last year authored an Op Ed on the case for a preemptive attack on North Korea.

The current policy of preemptive attack, for example, sounds like life in the video game world, where you must «get the bad guys» before «they get you.»

1Technically the preemptive attack would not need to end with the occupation of the country; war is justified until it is clear that the threat that started it has been removed (vg nuclear weapons surrendered and facilities dismantled).

But they are still at the point that a preemptive attack would work.

In a preemptive attack, Spitzer said, «anybody who'd challenge 27,000 signatures would be sending a statement they don't really believe in democracy,» adding, «We don't believe that bosses dictate who gets on the ballot» (a dig at his opponent's support among the party establishment).

The American military is ready with a plan to strike North Korean missile sites in a preemptive attack if Donald Trump decides to do so.

The audience clearly loved the film, so what was the reason for this posture of preemptive attack?

By using the A button, you can perform a preemptive attack.

The movie ruminates loudly, if never very coherently, about war and peace, vengeance and justice, preemptive attack and negotiated settlement.

Navigation is almost identical to earlier games, with various 3D level exploration and non-randomized enemies roaming about that can be battled once touched (Mario can also give himself an early advantage by hammering or jumping on an enemy to initiate a battle, which will grant him a preemptive attack).

By using the A button, you can perform a preemptive attack.

Not exact matches

A number of excerpts have already been released, and they don't paint the best picture of the president — which seems to explain his preemptive protests and attacks.

The Indian Army believed that their attack as ordered by Indira Ghandi was preemptive and defensive in nature, and among the militants that were killed in the Temple was one Mr. Binderwala, a leader of the Punjabi separatist movement.

Preemptive war is a matter of negating an imminent attack on one's own forces, territory or allies.

Short answer to explain just the term used: Russia is telling NK that publicly stating «We are going to nuke USA and South Korea» gives USA and South Korea a legal basis to launch a preemptive strike, to avoid being attacked themselves (so, they would be acting in self - defense).

For instance, I think it is a good guess that the US will not trade even one city for regime change in North Korea or Iran unless they view the war as inevitable and their attack as preventive / preemptive.

The PPRO stated that preemptive deployments were being put in place to forestall further surprise attack.

Democratic legislators recently introduced a law that would require not just consultation but congressional support for a preemptive nuclear attack.

With refinement, the model has the potential to allow for preemptive treatment of migraine attacks when someone is at greatest risk, thereby avoiding pain and disability.

The need to have BSL is to have a preemptive capability to avoid a pit bull attack from happening due to it's extremely savage consequences.

Gaining a Preemptive Strike awards you with the opportunity to attack first otherwise the enemy gets the opportunity to draw first blood.

When you successfully hit a preemptive strike your character comments on the awesomeness of the attack.

It invites states to join the group of 14 nations calling for a preemptive ban on weapons that would select and attack targets without further human intervention.

Wareham addressed Russia's desire for a working definition and affirmed that «by retaining meaningful human control over the use of lethal force in each individual attack we can in effect prohibit the use of fully autonomous weapons and thus achieve a preemptive ban.»

They welcome the establishment of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and «whole - heartedly embrace its goal of a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons that would be able to select and attack targets on their own.»