intercontinental
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That disruption was much more severe as it affected intercontinental and long-haul travel via UK airspace.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Kim's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, was first introduced to the public in 2022 when she accompanied her father to the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
In September 2024, China carried out its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in decades, launching a dummy warhead from Hainan island in southern China into waters near French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In April, Kim toured a new neighborhood of residential skyscrapers in the “Hwasong” district, which shares a name with North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Let us now summarize how variations in these three factors—time of onset of food production, barriers to diffusion, and human population size—led straightforwardly to the observed intercontinental differences in the development of technology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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