Units tasked with reconnaissance are armed only for self-defense, and rely on stealth to gather information. Others are well-enough armed to also deny information to the enemy by destroying their reconnaissance elements. Reconnaissance-in-force (RIF) is a type of military operation or military tactics used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition.
Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty became law on 1 December 2009, eight years after European leaders launched a process to make the EU more democratic, more transparent and more efficient.Under EU rules, the treaty had to be ratified by all 27 member states before coming into force.The last country to ratify the treaty was the Czech Republic, which completed the process on 3 November 2009.he Lisbon Treaty which succeeded it was rejected by Irish voters in June 2008. But it got overwhelming support in a second referendum in the Irish Republic on 2 October 2009.
King John's rationale to Ferdinand and Isabella was that the Pope's line extends all around the globe, thus limiting Spanish influence in Asia. On June 7, 1494 Spain and Portugal met at Tordesillas, Spain and signed a treaty moved the line 270 leagues west, to 370 leagues west of Cape Verde.This new line (located at approximately 46Â° 37') gave Portugal more claim to South America yet also provided Portugal with automatic control over most of the Indian Ocean.hile it would be several hundred years before the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas could be accurately determined (due to problems determining longitude), Portugal and Spain kept to their sides of the line quite well. Portugal ended up colonizing places like Brazil in South America and India and Macau in Asia.