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missile

[mis-uhl, -ahyl] / ˈmɪs əl, -aɪl /


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Airlines have reinstated hundreds of flights a day even as drones and missiles have struck across the region.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Christmas Day, the US launched missile strikes at suspected Islamist hideouts in the north-west.

From BBC

Israeli authorities are now investigating how missiles made it through air defence systems.

From BBC

The fight exposed U.S. sailors and pilots to a barrage of drones and missiles and ended after nearly two months in a simple cease-fire that left the Houthis battered but not broken.

From The Wall Street Journal

Diego Garcia military base 2,500 miles away, they revealed the Islamic Republic had longer-range missiles than many analysts had realized—and a leadership that was no longer interested in hiding them.

From The Wall Street Journal