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.
A: The main purpose of the system of checks and balances in the United States Constitution is to ensure that no one branch of the American government becomes more powerful than the others. This is also referred to as the separation of powers.