kinetic

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That is, kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The finding provides strong evidence that a kinetic impactor could be used as a planetary defense method to redirect a potentially hazardous near-Earth object.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

"The team's amazingly precise measurement again validates kinetic impact as a technique for defending Earth against asteroid hazards and shows how a binary asteroid might be deflected by impacting just one member of the pair."

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Per Mr. Ritchie, what one does get here is abundant action, adventure and the kind of kinetic musical score that implies things are happening when they’re not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But it bristled with Lawrence’s self-confidence and his manner of intuitively grasping possibilities well ahead of realities—in this case, the production of sustained resonant proton beams with a million volts of kinetic energy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik