How to Use ballistic missile in a Sentence

ballistic missile

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Definition of ballistic missilenext
  • The last time North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan was in 2017.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The third missile was a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).
    — Fox News, 5 June 2022
  • The Defense Ministry said the market was hit by a ballistic missile.
    — Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • North Korea in October launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan – the first in five years.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Israel is still the target of rockets from Gaza and ballistic missiles from as far away as Yemen.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, Cadillac didn’t just shove a ballistic missile into the Escalade’s engine bay and call it a day.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
  • North Korea’s ballistic missile launches Thursday were the sixth round of weapons tests launched in less than two weeks.
    — Fox News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Indeed, there hasn't been a long-range ballistic missile launch since 2017.
    — Aaron David Miller, CNN, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The lighter and smaller Ford felt more toy-like, where the Ram behaved like a ballistic missile, per Connor Hoffman.
    — Carlos Lago, Car and Driver, 30 June 2022
  • The flight path suggests North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile.
    — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And on Thursday, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile into the Gulf of Aden, which was seen by a commercial ship but did not hit the ship.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Such projectiles can fly at more than five times the speed of sound – slower than a ballistic missile, but are harder to track and stop.
    — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Here are some of the top headlines: North Korea earlier today fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Iran has over 3,000 ballistic missiles in its stockpiles, the largest arsenal in the Middle East.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan and into the sea Tuesday.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Unlike ballistic missiles, drones can fly low and slow.
    — Daha Litinova and Emma Burrows, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2023
  • On Feb 27, the ministry reported that an oil depot in the city Vasylkiv was hit by a ballistic missile.
    — Anna Conkling, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
  • North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Saturday -- the second test that week alone, and the 14th missile test so far this year.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 10 May 2022
  • Japan's coast guard said in a statement on Sunday that North Korea appeared to have fired a ballistic missile.
    — Cynthia Kim, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2022
  • But the strikes in Lebanon and the ballistic missile attack on Israel drove home the fundamental fact that had been overlooked for almost a year: the crux of the matter is Iran.
    — Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • On my second day, North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan.
    — David Qu, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The official said a pair of ballistic missile tests on Feb. 26 and March 4 were actually meant to try out parts of the new system ahead of its full launch, the Post reports.
    — The Week, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The Houthis in Yemen have also stepped up their targeting of Israel with ballistic missiles.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • For more than a decade, Iran depended on its ballistic missiles to deter U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
    — Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This was the first ballistic missile launch by North Korea in two months, local news reported.
    — Zenith Wong, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • October 4 - North Korea fires a ballistic missile without warning over Japan for the first time in five years.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The two ships will protect Japan from ballistic missile attacks from China and North Korea.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Past bases have included ballistic missile bases and drone bases.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Hours later, at least one ballistic missile was launched from Yemen in the direction of the Mason and the Central Park, defense officials said.
    — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • A day earlier, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile that the Israeli military intercepted, which marked the fourth in less than a week, according to the Times of Israel.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Dec. 2024

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