These enemies include both the far enemy (America, Israel) and the near enemy (the impious or even apostate regimes of the Muslim world).
The subliminal message from AQAP is that new recruits don't need to seek military training in Pakistan or Yemen to score a hit against the "far enemy, " the phrase al Qaeda uses for the U.S. and other Western countries.
Nelson, when the young captain of a small ship, boarded and captured two far more powerful enemy ships.
It is also needed for operations against future adversaries who will employ large numbers of mobile missile systems as well as mines and submarines that force the carriers to operate far from the enemy's coast.
The more likely scenario is that one day soon we will face an enemy far more capable than the Taliban, and when that day comes we will see all too clearly the limitations of unmanned aircraft.
They collect vital intelligence for warfighters at every level in the chain of command, sometimes loitering silently above enemy formations far longer than any manned aircraft could.
As the general election of June 2nd showed and salmon played no small part in it, just as grain marketing did in the prairie provinces for the Canadian west, the other enemy is far-off Ottawa.
But the new aircraft will be much more sophisticated, will be far less visible to enemy radar and will have sensors that allow a single jet to take on missions that now require several aircraft.
Fearing a first strike to disarm them, Syria positioned much of the infrastructure far away from its Zionist enemy.
The aspirations of all our people -- for security, for opportunity and for justice -- are far more powerful than any enemy.
It makes far better sense for the enemy be it a terrorist group, a rogue state, or a combination of both to wage chemical, biological or even cyber-warfare against American society, exploiting its openness.
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These changes ensure that when Israel's warriors are next called to fight, the enemy forces they will face will be far more powerful and dangerous than those they faced last summer.
Its long reach would have enabled the warships launching it to stay far away from the shore, reducing the threat from enemy anti-ship missiles.
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The schemes on offer from this government are not the best, far from it, but here the best need not be the enemy of the good.
"As far as I'm concerned, this was an attack by an enemy upon American troops on American soil, " Carter said Tuesday at a Capitol Hill news conference.
And although this enemy is maddeningly elusive, America's armed forces are undoubtedly far more concerned about this quarry than any other.
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But so far there have been few accusations of that nature, so why make the perfect the enemy of the good?
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But al-Qaeda is a different sort of enemy than the IRA and there are worrying signs that Britain, which unlike America has so far escaped attack by Islamic terrorists, may be too lax.
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