Sentences with phrase «strike against a target»

«This would give Russia the ability to deliver a guaranteed small - scale strike against a target of choice; if coupled with an ability to penetrate missile defenses, Moscow would also retain the option of launching a successful single - missile attack,» the Jane's Intelligence Review report said.

Not exact matches

Follow - on versions will be configured as first - strike weapons against heavily defended targets for a «first day of war» scenario.

Since then the RAF Tornado jets, have carried out hundreds of strike (and armed reconnaissance) missions against Daesh targets.

Haley cited reports of Russians bombing medical clinics and hospitals while declaring the strikes successful missions against terrorist targets.

Of the more than 114 strikes against AQAP in Yemen, CENTCOM has only provided details on four, all of which involved high value targets.

So President Obama is proposing a limited missile strike in order to send the message to foreign governments that if they deploy chemical weapons against their own people, the US might eventually launch an attack that wil leave the targeted regime intact.

Commonwealth Bank famously received a strike against its remuneration resolution last year when shareholders registered their displeasure about the introduction of, and emphasis on, so - called «soft targets».

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The 35 - year - old nevertheless cites Mikel Arteta's ferocious Goodison strike against the Reds four years earlier as his personal derby highlight on account of the fact the Spaniard's thunderbolt contributed to an Everton victory — with Tim Cahill also on target in that October 2010 success.

If Chelsea had landed top striking target Wayne Rooney this summer, they would have been a shoo - in for the title, but as it stands, they look to be missing a vital piece of the jigsaw, as we saw against Man U last week when they played without a recognised striker in their ranks.

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The Leicester frontman registered just two successful passes against Chris Coleman's Welsh side in Lens, with his equalising strike being his only shot on target.

With one shot on target from three attempts against Julian Speroni, who looked inspired by the adversity that faced him (and the incompetence directly ahead of him in defence) in between the posts for the visitors at Old Trafford, Rooney still looked able to reach out and strike at goal.

[citation needed] In a March 2015 Newsnight election debate, he was challenged by Jeremy Paxman as to whether or not he was «tough enough» to be Prime Minister, famously responding, «Hell yes, I'm tough enough», in reference to his reluctance to support air strikes against extremist targets in Syria.

Labour MPs, led by Ed Miliband, and Tory rebels voted down ministers» proposals to launch strikes against Syrian government targets after the Assad Regime used chemical weapons against his own people.

Fallon also described Syria as a client state of Russia as he spoke out against Russian air strikes which are not solely targeted at Islamic State militants in Syria.

Michael Fallon has met around 75 MPs as the Conservatives push for British military strikes against jihadi targets in Syria.

Some argue that carefully targeted strikes against the regime's military assets — air defences, command and control centres, and bases of Assad's elite Republican Guards — could weaken the regime sufficiently to engage in meaningful talks aimed at a political settlement.

In a statement by its Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the Force says, «It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.»

The public need to be assured that the recent targeted drone strike against Reyaad Khan was legal, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said.

«It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.