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This really is the key technology to make an upper stage rapidly reusable—NASA's space shuttle orbiters were reusable but required a standing army to refurbish the vehicle between flights.—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025 Update on Population 'Emergency' Russian and Chinese Naval Fleet Sails Near US Ally
Some analysts have pointed to the role technology could play to reduce the streamline the modern standing armies.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 Nearly 170,000 active-duty troops are stationed abroad, a number larger than the entire standing army of many countries, including Canada.—Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025 The nine-person delegation from Iceland, the alliance’s only member without a standing army, occupies a half-dozen offices; France has a whole floor; Germany has two.—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for standing army
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