missile
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He argued the Arctic island was an essential piece of his plan to build a futuristic "Golden Dome" defence system to protect the US against missile attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It wasn’t immediately clear if a drone or a missile caused the damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
She's also learned that she can often tell, simply by listening, whether a Russian missile or drone has been intercepted or has reached its target.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
General Motors GM 3.08%increase; green up pointing triangle has entered the missile business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Two more missile complexes in Cuba would be ready to fire by the end of the day.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The experience has left her frustrated with what she sees as hesitation by some of Ukraine's foreign partners to provide additional air-defence missiles.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It has relied less on aircraft, whose movements can be spotted ahead of time, and more on ballistic missiles that travel at tremendous speed and provide little warning.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Pentagon in January ordered the U.S. contractor to more than triple its Patriot output to more than 2,000 missiles a year by the end of 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the late 1980s, Saudi Arabia reached an estimated $3 billion deal with China to purchase Dongfeng 3A missiles, an intermediate-range missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Helene hands me the arrow, and before more missiles come hurtling from above, I lift my bow, notch the arrow, shoot.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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