Set of contingencies undertaken by a modern state to mobilize its economy for war production.
1 It would put the economy on a war footing , and raise arms.
2 Barry Steinhardt: We are now on a war footing in this country.
3 This was a reduction from the war footing of fifteen thousand men.
4 Eumenes put his land army and his ships on a war footing .
5 Back in London, the Treasury was indeed on a war footing .
6 Without consciously realising it, we seem to have taken up a war footing .
7 Within two days we were, as Larry expressed it, on a war footing .
8 However, anything less than putting Britain on a war footing will not be enough.
9 The nation has woken up on a war footing , ready to repulse any attack.
10 He or his advisors have put the DFE on a war footing with teachers.
11 There's about eight million of them on a war footing .
12 Fine Gael has put its troops on a war footing ahead of the upcoming election.
13 We have to go on to a war footing .
14 The whole country was suddenly on a war footing .
15 Placed on a war footing , a race like that would have a frightening armaments-production wherewithal.
16 The British fleet was always on a war footing .
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