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missiles



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Chinese companies have also helped provide chemical precursors used to manufacture the types of ballistic missiles used in the attack, according to a document viewed by the Journal and people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In the following years, Chinese companies produced for Iran chemical materials such as sodium perchlorate, which is used to make propellant for ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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 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

Kennedy was offering to promise not to invade Cuba in exchange for the removal of the Soviet missiles.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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