intercontinental

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Strolling alongside her father in front of a towering intercontinental ballistic missile, she wore black trousers and a white padded jacket with her long hair tied back.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The parade usually features intercontinental ballistic missiles, armored vehicles and goose-stepping soldiers near the walls of Kremlin, and has become a centerpiece of President Vladimir Putin’s decadeslong rule of Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified for their first World Cup in 52 years by beating Jamaica in their intercontinental play-off final, with an extra-time goal from Axel Tuanzebe sealing the win.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Defence experts believe North Korea is planning to use its solid-fuel rocket engines for launching intercontinental ballistic missiles.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Sputnik was proof, American policymakers assumed, that the Soviet Union had intercontinental ballistic missiles—many of them, hundreds perhaps, with the power to hurl an atomic weapon at US cities.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly