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The creation of a European military industry (EADS, Dassault, BAE) capable of checkmating the United States would in the first instance result in a dramatic increase in the military budget and a transfer of scientific and technological research to the military sector.
La création d' une industrie militaire européenne capable (EADS, Dassault, BAE) de damer le pion aux États-Unis aurait pour première conséquence une augmentation drastique du budget militaire et un transfert de la recherche scientifique et technologique vers le secteur militaire.
A guerrilla force was on the brink of checkmating the army, so they ordered an immediate withdrawal.
Une force de guérilla était sur le point de mettre l'armée hors de combat, alors ils ont ordonné un retrait immédiat.
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