conventional army

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meaningsofconventionalandarmy

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conventional
adjective
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofconventionalandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, the first consideration for the defence policy of this country should be the provision of aconventionalarmy.
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That is why aconventionalarmywithout a nuclear capability in a nuclear world would be a pointless waste of resources.
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We want a strongconventionalarmy, but we want to know which way the world is going.
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I believe in a strongconventionalarmy, but not one that is based overseas because that is out of dale.
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Therefore, what we should concentrate on is the making of aconventionalarmy.
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They want a small mobileconventionalarmy.
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I believe that we should have a strongconventionalarmybut that should not involve an army that would enable us to have troops stationed in many different countries.
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Its appearance and conduct resemble that of aconventionalarmyunit.
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These agreements led to a flood of equipment and supplies necessary for a modern,conventionalarmy.
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Second, conventional armies in ethnically polarised settings are a poor instrument for fighting rebel groups that deliberately use mass abductions and terror as war strategies.
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Since major fighting subsided in about 1997, the army has been engaged in refitting itself for the tasks of aconventionalarmy, after more than a decade of anti-guerrilla action.
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It is just as well-established a technique as the technique followed in other wars by conventional armies.
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Today they are not distributed by conventional armies, although they are used by them.
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In such circumstances conventional armies, navies and air forces are not relevant.
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Military strategy no longer assumes slow preparation for a general war of large conventional armies.
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For a major war conventional armies appear difficult to defend.
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I am sure that the critics have never lifted the curtain on the 64,000 dollar question: if they want conventional armies of a very large kind, do they want conscription?
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It talks of what we would do in the event of a mass attack and speaks of our dealing with mass conventional armies by fighting them on the ground.
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He supports this statement by pointing to the conventional armies in existence throughout the 20th century.
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