Angola, at the presidency of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( CPLP ) since 2010, has since March 21, 2011, a military mission in Guinea-Bissau ( MISSANG ) to assist the reform in sector of defence and security.

In 1987 the mission of the 45, 000 People's Militia was territorial defence, and it was to function under the leadership of local military commanders.

According to the Law on Stationing Troops in the Macau Special Administrative Region ( or Macau Garrison Law, passed by the NPC Standing Committee on June 28, 1999 ), the mission of the PLA in Macau is to defend the special administrative region by " preventing and resisting aggression ; safe-guarding the security of Macau ; undertaking defence services ; managing military facilities ; and handling related foreign military affairs.

The effect of these raids, particularly when coupled with his capture of the Royal Navy's HMS Drake — the first such success in British waters, but not Jones's last — was to force the British government to increase resources for coastal defence, and to create a climate of fear among the British public which was subsequently fed by press reports of his preparations for the 1779 Bonhomme Richard mission.

Its mission is to conduct research towards the development of fully-fledged technologies for a broad range of application sectors ( semiconductors and micro-electronics, telecoms, energy, health, biology, industrial control, defence, environment ).

He was filled with a high conception of his mission for the vindication of Christian morality and the defence of God's law against powerful, worldly failings.

The secondary mission of the PAP is external defence, and in times of war PAP internal security units can act as light infantry supporting the PLA in local defence missions.

The last mission of the Regia Aeronautica before the truce with the allies was the defence during the ( USAAF ) bombing on Frascati — Rome on September 8, 1943.

Its primary mission is to ensure the national security and defence of the Republic of India from external aggression and threats, and maintaining peace and security within its borders.

) Their mission was internal security and defence against a possible Russian threat through Afghanistan.

The main mission of the Hellenic Army is the defence of the state ’ s independence and integrity, the safeguarding of national territory, as well as the decisive contribution to the achievement of the country ’ s policy objectives.

Formerly the Tactical Armament Squadron ( TAS ), its mission statement is " To deliver and develop specialist, expeditionary armament capability to support UK defence policy ".

The ground-based area defence mission is currently performed by the SAMP / T developed by Eurosam.

Aster 30 has been successfully incorporated into a land based SAM system-fulfilling the " Ground-based area defence " mission requirement.

The team's style of play was to keep the team well closed in the back, while sending direct balls up to the front, most notably to a lonely Cristiano Ronaldo, whose mission seemed to be to run at the opposition's defence and try long shots to take advantage of the tricky Jabulani.

In the early 1990s, Canada provided a detachment of CF-18 Hornets for the air defence mission in Operation Desert Shield.

The missionaries travelled to Gahoendoe with the Wendat in an effort to construct a second mission designed especially for defence.

To achieve its mission, DSTO provides scientific and technical support to current defence operations, investigates future technologies for defence and national security applications, advises on the purchase and smart use of defence equipment, develops new defence capabilities, and enhances existing systems by improving performance and safety and reducing the cost of owning defence assets.

The IJN Air Service had the mission of national air defence, deep strike, naval warfare, and so forth.

The main strongholds of the Red defence were the Workers Hall, the Railway station, the Red Headquarters of " Smolna " ( the former palace of the Russian governor-general, in southern Esplanade ), the Senate-University area, and the former Russian garrisons in Helsinki.

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were given no choice but to sign a so-called Pact of defence and mutual assistance which permitted the Soviet Union to station troops in them.

* Vitischanze-old time defence station at the north west point of the old city, has the only undestroyed bridge in Europe with a so called defence walk below the bridge's surface walk, faculty of the University of Applied Science of Osnabrück is installed within the Vitischanze, nearby a parking house called Vitischanze.

Although occasional boats were still reaching Bourne in 1857, the self-acting doors at Tongue End were replaced by a sluice in the 1860s, which prevented passage from the Glen to the Bourne Eau, although the right of navigation was not officially revoked until 1962, as part of flood defence measures which included the replacement of the sluice by a pumping station in 1966.

During its ATV days the chairman of the station, Lew Grade, was said to have taken a personal dislike to the show but was persuaded to let it continue, even arguing in its defence to criticism from the IBA.

The station was constructed as part of British efforts to strengthen the defence of the Falkland Islands following the 1982 war with Argentine forces.

The Air Board's venture into air defence consisted of providing refresher training to former wartime pilots via a small part-time air militia known as the Canadian Air Force ( CAF ) at the old Royal Flying Corps air station, Camp Borden.

RAF Leuchars is the second most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom ( The most northerly being RAF Lossiemouth.

In July 1979, 2622 ( Highland ) Royal Air Force Auxiliary Regiment was formed, tasked with the ground defence of the station.

On 15 December 2009 it was announced that the station would close in 2013 as part of defence spending cuts, along with the retirement of the Harrier GR9 and the disbandment of Joint Force Harrier.

The station crest is a stone tower surmounted by a mailed fist grasping three bind bolts ( arrows ), which symbolised a position of strength in defence of the homeland, indicative of the aggressive spirit which Coltishall fighter aircraft were prepared to shoot down the enemy.

The station defences were gradually established and by May 1940, Group Captain Jarman reported that the defence of Kinloss was in order.

" Ground Controlled Interception ", or " GCI ", happens when air force personnel in a ground station, like a radar site or an air defence command and control centre, guide fighters to intercept an aircraft.

In December 1952, the unit was reformed as 33 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Detachment part of the new permanent air defence radar station at Falconbridge, Ontario, outside of Sudbury.

Garibaldi led the station's security forces in a defence of the station, after a bitter and bloody fight the invading marines were defeated and forced to surrender.

The station played a key role during the Battle of Britain, when fighters from several of its units, including No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, engaged enemy aircraft as part of the defence of London.

The 2000 mail bags on site along with stores were used to build ramparts in defence of the station.

A 17-gun salute is given to the Canadian Minister of National Defence when visiting a saluting station ( limited to once a year ), as well as foreign ministers of defence.

The end of the highway is the very nondescript painted turning circle, before the gates of the former Commonwealth quarantine and defence station of Point Nepean, a humble ending to Melbourne's main southern highway.

All three were given no choice but to sign a so-called Pact of defence and mutual assistance which permitted the Soviet Union to station troops in them.

" White's hatred of war and xenophobia is a constant theme of the series, notably in: Star Surgeon, where the Monitor Corps fights a savage battle in defence of the hospital space station, to prevent the conflict from escalating into a full interstellar war that can only end in genocide ; and in The Genocidal Healer, where an alien race's sexual urges are almost eliminated by a plague and can only be stimulated by hand-to-hand combat.

In 1992, the government's options for change defence review resulted in the structure of the station changing with 2 TWU being re-designated as 7 Flying Training School.

The station was also the place of formation of the Polish 302 Squadron " Poznański ", and the place of rest of the Polish 303 " Kościuszko " Squadron after it had its turn in the defence of London.