Solar Wind Energy (which used to be called Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc.) is negotiating for a lease from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a 1, 700-acre parcel of flat, empty desert on the Mexican border, right next to an Air Force bombing range.
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It is described by the United States Air Force as the modern backbone of America's long-range bomber force, built for low-level, high-speed missions.
"Construction of the security force camp at Radio Range is ahead of schedule, " Lehnert said.
It therefore is essential that steps be taken now to preserve an adequate long-range bomber force.
The Missing Link Campaign Group and the Hebrides Range Task Force jointly commissioned the survey.
At present the nation's long-range bomber force consists primarily of two aircraft: the B-52 and the B-1.
The long-range bomber force dwindled to a handful of decrepit Cold War aircraft.
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Approximately 45 percent of the future long-range strike force would be unmanned.
The Hebrides Range Task force involves local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
The Hebrides Range Task Force said the MoD was opposing renewable projects planned for Uist because the turbines may interfere with military equipment.
Policymakers knew America needed its own force of long-range missiles to deter a Russian attack, but deterrence was a new idea so they also wanted to have the protection provided by real defenses.
But even if smaller, it must be supremely capable and effective as a force to deal with a range of security challenges.
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Although the number of F-22 fighters was capped at 187, the Air Force would increase its long-range strike capabilities by 50 percent and the penetrating component of long-range strike by a factor of five by 2025.
In a move that American defence planners might envy, the army, air force and navy will be linked into a single force geared to rapid, long-range deployment.
Only last month, it fired one in the Gulf of Mexico towards a test range at the Eglin US Air Force Base in western Florida.
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Having recently reversed himself on the bomber and approved Air Force plans to develop a new long-range strike aircraft, the defense secretary needs to also revisit his decision on F-22.
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"In addition, China is developing a variety of medium- and high-altitude long-endurance unmanned vehicles, which when deployed, will expand the PLA Air Force's 'options for long-range reconnaissance and strike, ' " it said, citing an earlier Pentagon report.
Regrettably, even the current U.S. position would impose significant constraints on this force, particularly with respect to the number and range of its missiles.
The air force destroyed almost all Hizbullah's longer-range missiles.
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Area denial refers to those actions and capabilities, usually of shorter range, designed not to keep an opposing force out, but to limit its freedom of action within the operational area.
Artillery was gradually replaced by tactical missiles in the defensive role, but the Air Force was too busy building a fleet of long-range bombers and supersonic fighters to be bothered with ground-based air defenses, while Army troops had a clear need for such defenses.
The range of action figures includes three servicemen from each force.
Rather than competing with other strategic objectives, a properly sized and modernized two-MRC force structure would be central to the pursuit of the full range of U.S. defense objectives.
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The other is that, for either air force, predictions of the damage from an attack span a huge range.
"We did discuss a range of options that would be directed to the NATO force overall, which includes both the US force contribution, plus what other NATO countries would contribute as well, " he said at a news conference.
Darcheville and Novo both squandered late chances to force the game into extra-time before Zyrianov tapped home from close range in the final minute to give Zenit their first European trophy.
So with their aging fleet of barely 160 long-range bombers facing a growing array of operational challenges, Air Force leaders have reluctantly come to the conclusion that they need to buy a new bomber.
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Advocates of close relations with China maintain that its military strength has been overrated by Americans in search of an enemy: they point to China's lack of long-range naval power and the poor training of its air-force pilots.
Mr Olmert's fatal error was to believe his chief of staff, a former air-force commander, who assured him that Hizbullah's thousands of short-range missiles could be dealt with in the same way.
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