defense
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Lower costs created the modern space economy, enabling communications, Earth imaging, and defense applications.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Rocket Lab is using its track record with smaller rockets to court defense customers who don’t want to ride-share with other SpaceX customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
And an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in 2012 delegated this authority to the secretary of defense.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
And it is working with defense contractor RTX on the U.S.’s Golden Dome, a space-based missile-defense shield.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The clinic was the second line of defense.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Defense, Dribble, and Dunk: Basketball Lingo
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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