defense
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After unwisely divulging the unseemly conversation to Ruth, Leigh moves to defense: “He’s not an adult. He’s an actor.”
Tehran’s sneaking the occasional cruise missile or drone through air defenses in the Gulf also seems unavoidable.
America is a major customer and partner of the Israeli defense industry.
Pevkur and Italy’s defense minister, Guido Crosetto, found themselves stuck in Dubai on Feb. 28, the day the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran and flights across the Middle East were suspended.
The fund, described in investor documents as a “manufacturing transformation vehicle,” is aiming to buy companies in major industrial sectors such as chipmaking, defense and aerospace.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
