nuclear missile

Example Sentences

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“Any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere” would be seen by the U.S. as “requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

There will be no explicit "guarantee" given to partner countries, and it is the president of France who will retain sole decision-making power over when to fire a nuclear missile.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The deployment of Soviet nuclear missile sites on the island triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when Washington and Moscow came close to war.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

It wasn’t a nuclear missile that failed to work, it was an interceptor.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

As one of his final acts, Gorbachev passed the Soviet nuclear codes—which could initiate a nuclear missile launch—to Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian Federation.

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