projectiles
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It said 111 projectiles were shot down or intercepted, but recorded 20 direct hits in 13 locations.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The two projectiles hit the target, a retired Philippines navy corvette, around 75 kilometres offshore in the South China Sea, causing it to sink, officials said.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
It still might not be the best idea to let people throw projectiles as the night goes on, though.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
The projectiles, according to the report, struck an area of around 13 hectares—roughly the size of two dozen football fields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
