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missile

[mis-uhl, -ahyl] / ˈmɪs əl, -aɪl /


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The Journal has reported that Iran’s missile inventory has been roughly halved, and our sources tell us most of what remains are short-range.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Just a few grams of these materials are needed to make a television or laptop computer, but hundreds of grams are required for each Tomahawk or Patriot missile.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Work on another nuclear-powered missile, the Burevestnik, and a nuclear-powered torpedo was "in its final stages", Putin asserted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

That’s not nothing: That makes me one of 400 people who together would have covered the cost of that missile.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

And he likely had access to the intelligence the United States desired most: information about the USSR's nuclear missile program.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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