In stark contrast, the Conservatives support NMD and advocate its development as a pan-Nato defensive system.
Cost and Capability: Cost concerns alone should dictate rejection of a completely ground-based defensive system in favor of one that uses both ground and space elements.
But Clinton wanted to negotiate a deal with Moscow that through minimal amendments to the ABM treaty would allow a minimal defensive system to protect against a minimal threat.
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One potential issue could be some sort of alien defensive system that neutralizes nuclear bombs, although if the aliens can deactivate nukes, they should have no problems deactivating those Xcom commandos boarding their ship.
Similarly, Putin has proposed that instead of 10 anti-missile interceptors slated for deployment in Poland, the United States put interceptors in Turkey, Iraq and at sea on warships equipped with the Aegis defensive system.
By Baseball Info Solutions' Defensive Runs Saved system, Jeter cost his team 18 runs in 2012 with his fielding.
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The report argues that knee-jerk responses to past tragedies have led to a defensive child protection system that tries to prevent mistakes by setting performance indicators and procedures for what needs to happen.
The advent of new technologies like hit-to-kill missile seekers and advanced signal processors greatly increased the defensive potential of the system while reducing the danger of collateral damage.
Any game that builds in true defensive mechanics to its combat system earns extra points in my scorebook.
Italy won back-to-back World Cups in the 1930s with a 2-3-2-3 system that emphasized defensive solidity, while the 4-2-4 alignment helped Brazil conquer the sport in the 1960s by accentuating individual skill and fitness.
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The new game, which ships July 12 for PS3 and Xbox 360 (no PS2 game for the first time), has added a new collision system, new defensive maneuvers, and new visuals like 3D grass and fog (for those night games).
In a first-person account in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, Matt Bowen, a former Washington Redskins defensive back, described a similar system at that team.
"One of the biggest things is the defence, we've got four defensive systems trying to come together and play under one system and it came together well, " he said.
Chinese strategists agree that both the offensive and defensive elements of IW require a robust and effective command and control system.
Xolair works by targeting an immune-system molecule called immunoglobulin E (IgE), a crucial defensive weapon that goes into overdrive in many patients with allergic asthma.
According to the American Medical association (AMA), nearly 200 billion dollars is spent on defensive medicine annually, a direct consequence of the current structure of the malpractice litigation system.
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