China will take longer still to gain the expertise needed to deploy a carrier-based battle group, with all its supporting vessels.
With a carrier battle group positioned off the cost of Libya, a no-fly zone over Libya could then be declared and enforced.
However, the arrival of thousands of US marines had now freed up the Light Dragoons battle group to launch its latest offensive, he added.
With China expanding, its scope of operations to include the Indian Ocean, we should consider homeporting a carrier battle group in Western Australia at Fremantle.
During operations, Nimitz-class carriers sail at the centre of a carrier battle group of ships that includes guided missile cruisers, destroyers, frigates, logistics ships and submarines.
Some relatives have also expressed their anger at the deaths of the three soldiers, saying the battle group should never have been in the area in the first place.
In June, Lt Chesterman was asked to form a Police Advisory Team working with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Battle Group to improve the mentoring of the Afghan National Police.
The US Navy has a carrier battle group in the Gulf - centred on the USS Carl Vinson - and a second, with the USS Enterprise , in the Arabian Sea.
Stennis and the warship's battle group stationed in San Diego, California, have been ordered to sail Monday to the Arabian Sea, more than a month ahead of their scheduled January deployment, Pentagon officials said.
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Since World War II up until 2008, we maintained the dominant military force in the Mediterranean, consisting of at least one carrier battle group and an amphibious Ready Group with an embarked Marine battalion, along with logistic support ships and other units.
In a series of speeches over the past few days - at Notre Dame, at the American Enterprise Institute and at the Naval Academy - the outgoing Secretary of Defense has sounded a series of warnings that the ship of state, or at least the carrier battle group that protects it, is headed for the rocks.
Marines from 40 Commando took on responsibility for Battle Group North in Helmand Province from last September until this April, where they operated from spartan forward operating bases in the Gereshk and Sangin valleys, often taking part in fierce gun battles with the Taliban, and playing a key role in the recapture of the town of Musa Qala.
But operations in Afghanistan alone, involving some 8, 000 British troops, arguably are already more demanding than the structure permits and many expect Britain to send another battle-group to support the American reinforcement there.
As security minister, he was among key officials who oversaw the incursion of Kenyan forces into neighboring Somalia to battle the terror group, Al-Shabaab.
But analysts say she, too, is currently tied up with domestic issues, such as inflation running at an estimated 25% and a battle with media group Clarin.
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In recent months, Chairman and Chief Executive Philip Purcell has waged a public battle with a group of eight dissident shareholders who are calling for his head, claiming his mismanagement is to blame for the company's lackluster performance.
The battle for qualification from Group E is now out of England's hands.
The Monitor newspaper said it had received the picture from an individual who maintained it had been taken in an army barracks in Gulu in northern Uganda - the army's operational headquarters in their battle against the rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army.
He has started another group called New Battle for Britain which he says will campaign on local issues.
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Nato, despite invoking Article Five for the first time in its history, has been largely sidelined, as the US fights its own battle, with a small group of handpicked allies.
"The fox is guarding the henhouse, " says Karen Hudson, president of Families Against Rural Messes, an Elmwood, Ill. group that does battle with industrial-size pigsties and chicken coops.
Indian authorities say Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the surviving suspect, has told investigators he was trained by Laskhar-e-Tayyiba, an Islamic militant group founded to battle Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
Tyler is referring to battle between IAG (International Airlines Group) and the Spanish government.
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Their court battle ended in 2011 when the group lost their legal aid.
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Mr Berlusconi is alleged to have bribed Mr Metta, an appeal-court judge, to rule in his favour in a bitter takeover battle for Mondadori, a publishing group, in 1991.
Some see a leftist group girding itself to battle a right-wing reformist People's Party (PP) government, led by Mariano Rajoy, that is likely to win power in the next election.
Random House, which is owned by the privately-held Bertelsmann Group , has won the battle to publish one of the most hotly anticipated autobiographies of the political world.
SEBI's latest move escalates a long-running battle between the regulator and the Sahara Group, which has interests in several industries like media and real estate, and owns the The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
This interactive film First to a Million, aimed at people aged between 13 and 18, follows a group of teens in their battle to reach a million views online through their increasingly outrageous films.
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The appeal is the latest development in a long-running legal battle between the regulator and the diversified Sahara Group, which recently purchased the Plaza Hotel building in Manhattan.
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