intercept
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AFP journalists in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah heard a series of explosions and the Israeli army said it worked to intercept a new wave of Iranian missiles.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Costel tells me, frustrated like many that Romania's air force couldn't intercept the drone.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The Iranian drones they intercept are arrows—cheap, plentiful, made in bulk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Many of these drones are flown using fibre optic cable connections - rather than radio or other wireless signals - making them difficult to intercept with current Israeli electronic counter-measures.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
"That'll get the intercept range to zero, but the intercept velocity will be forty-two meters per second."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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