Yes; its purpose went from defense, to furthering the interests of the multinational oil companies and major defense contractors like Raytheon and General Electric. Since Osama bin Laden attacked from Afghanistan, what do you think the war in Iraq, a thousand miles to the west, was all about?
The most recent Secretary of Defense of the United States is Chuck Hagel. He was sworn in as the 24th Secretary of Defense on February 27, 2013.
C'mon, mexicans are the biggest cowards in the world and nothing has changed every since! They pretty much outnumber the world alone, but they're still the biggest cowards in the Universe! LMAO!
Stephen Smith is the current Minister for Defense for the Australian government. He has held this position since 14th September 2010 following John Faullkner.
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983 to use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. It turned out to be a good idea, since it spawned research for offshoots of the concept.
No astronaut is not a collective noun since it is not referring to a group of people
The collective noun is a series of explosions.
The word "team" is a collective noun since it includes all the individual members of the team.
Since there is no biggest integer, there can be no biggest rational number - since any integer is a rational number with the denominator = 1.
There is no specific collective noun for the noun 'dingo', however, since a dingo is a type of dog, the collective noun for dog, 'pack' will work: a pack of dingoes.
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus was created on 1969-01-09.
There is no specific collective noun for delegates. Since delegates are people, use the general collective nouns that may be appropriate such as group, committee, crowd, etc.
there were many international treaties that required nations to to agree to collective defense if attacked. Therefore, once the fighting began, many nations became involved since they had to under their treaty agreements
The noun 'navvies' doesn't have its own collective noun. Since navvies were the workmen who built the railroads, a collective noun suitable for workmen will work; a gang of navvies, a crew of navvies, etc.
Since workmen are people, you use an appropriate collective for the context. The most common is crew, but you could also use shift, collective, company, team, etc.
There is no standard collective noun for xeruses.A collective noun is an informal part of speech. When there is no standard collective noun, a noun that suits the situation can be used.Since the xerus is a type of squirrel, the collective noun for squirrels can be used, a dray of xeruses; and since they live in groups like prairie dogs, the collective noun a colony of xeruses, would be suitable.
Since the compound noun 'flying saucers' has no collective noun of its own, you can borrow the collective noun for planes: a fleet of flying saucers. You could borrow the collective noun for dishes (saucers): a set of flying saucers. Or, you can use a word of your own choosing. When a noun becomes commonly used as a collective noun for something, that noun becomes 'the' collective noun for that noun.