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Recent Examples of intercontinental
While Israel’s Iron Dome defends a nation the size of New Jersey, the U.S. would need to put some 10,000 weapons in space, for example, to counter less than a dozen North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched at the same time.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
Russia is investing heavily in new types of strategic nuclear weapons intended to avoid U.S. missile defenses, from an intercontinental nuclear torpedo to a missile that can go around the world and attack from the south, while U.S. defenses are mainly pointed north toward Russia.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Ukraine had a long history of constructing intercontinental ballistic missiles, but no longer possesses any ICBMs.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
There’s the ever-present threat from North Korea, which has rapidly modernized its armed forces, developing new weapons and testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach almost anywhere in the United States.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
Russia is investing heavily in new types of strategic nuclear weapons intended to avoid U.S. missile defenses, from an intercontinental nuclear torpedo to a missile that can go around the world and attack from the south, while U.S. defenses are mainly pointed north toward Russia.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Ukraine had a long history of constructing intercontinental ballistic missiles, but no longer possesses any ICBMs.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
There’s the ever-present threat from North Korea, which has rapidly modernized its armed forces, developing new weapons and testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach almost anywhere in the United States.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercontinental
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The Overture would make those trips possible with a cruise speed of Mach 1.7 that could slash the duration of a transcontinental flight by up to half.—
Edward Russell,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Among the group’s members was James Banning, who in 1932 made history with Thomas C. Allen, becoming the first Black pilots to conduct a transcontinental flight.—
Victor Luckerson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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The various parties have long envisioned a scenario where domestic and international rights would be shared by at least two different streaming services.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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The stadium has previously hosted multiple international and domestic competitions, World Cup qualifiers and the 2016 MLS All-Star Game.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2025
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“Intercontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercontinental. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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