War footing

"War footing" in a Sentence (5 examples)

on a war footing

move to a war footing

After all, it was less than a year and a half ago that Obama promised, in an address at National Defense University, to remove America from the "perpetual war footing" it had assumed since the September 11 attacks.

The RMT union has told Network Rail and train operators that it has moved to a "war footing" over planned service and workforce cutbacks.

The EU is also now trying to put the European defence industry on to a war footing. Joint procurement of weapons by the European Defence Agency has been introduced for the first time.

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