armed forces

Example Sentences

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It did not say how many of the dead were civilians or whether the figure included members of the armed forces.

From BBC

Since the Iraq war, the U.K.’s number of fully-trained armed forces has declined by around a third.

From The Wall Street Journal

The French Army told the BBC its armed forces are "constantly adapting their posture in response to threats" and are deploying all air and maritime assets in the area.

From BBC

The development of more potent submarines would boost Beijing’s bid to forge a world-class oceangoing navy, a key element in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ambitious campaign to modernize the armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as conventional armed forces and well-armed police, there is the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, with an explicit mandate to protect the regime at home and abroad.

From BBC