Tensions between the two generals followed Sharon's decision, but a military tribunal later found his action was militarily effective.

A huge explosion ensued, Vizcaya ceased to be militarily effective, and fires raged out of control.

"Under civilian control, that Corps will be professional, nonpolitical, militarily effective, and representative of all Iraqis," the statement said.

However, since his seizure of Florida was both militarily effective and popularly acclaimed in the Northern states, the sentence was not carried out.

"But if it proved militarily effective and not so devastating societally, they might conclude it's useful."

He was renowned as the inventor, in 1943, of a militarily effective form of napalm.

In past conflicts, this problem was usually resolved by smart junior military officers, who may not have been as militarily effective as smart weapons, but who had a capacity for human judgment.

He sees that "the rubber bullet was, of course, a fantasy that could be neither effective enough militarily nor morally acceptable against stone-throwing Palestinians."

To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants.

We had destroyed the Republican Guard as a militarily effective force.