projectiles
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On Tuesday, Saudi authorities issued a series of brief security alerts for incoming projectiles in a number of western areas, including Mecca and Jeddah, the kingdom's second largest city.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Iran state media reported the country's deputy governor for security as saying four projectiles had hit the counties of Chabahar and Konarak.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Several ships were struck by projectiles in recent days, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Greek maritime risk management firm Marisks said Tuesday that two crude tankers were hit by "unknown projectiles" late the previous day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
This was a reasonable view, since they were the only tools needed for Copernican astronomy and for Galileo’s two new sciences, the science of projectiles and the science of load-bearing structures.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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