Sentences with phrase «aerobee rockets fired»

The Gulf has seen a number of naval incidents between Iran and the US in the past year, including test rocket fire by the Islamic Republic and the brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.

Over the next 10 days, that operation, which began as a response to rocket fire, instead turned into a tunnel - destroying mission as the gravity of the threat they posed became clear.

SDF fighters have also responded with occasional rocket fire across the border into Turkey, according to The Washington Post.

Assad is keen to recapture Ghouta to eliminate the opposition from the outskirts of Damascus and end years of rocket fire on the capital.

Israel's decision on whether to bomb Iran's nuclear sites — as it has repeatedly threatened to do — could hinge on its estimate of the retaliatory costs, including damage inflicted by rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

Preliminary analysis shows that ground assaults reduced daily rocket fire within each Gaza operation, but air strikes alone did not.

Rubin (2015) notes that fatalities and damage claims per rocket fired decreased between Second Lebanon, Pillar of Defense, and Protective Edge.

Rubin (2011, 21 — 22) estimated that the average number of rockets fired per fatality climbed from about 100 in 2002 up to 2,100 by 2008.

Of the 4,000 rockets fired at us, most fell on open ground, and only 1,000 on inhabited areas.

Since then, Iron Dome batteries have intercepted about 350 rockets fired against towns in southern Israel, and, since Thursday, against greater Tel Aviv.

This is something that the IDF has done frequently in the past in order to stop heavy rocket fire only to have to retreat under international pressure, and to claim that there is no absolute solution to the threat which is a kind of fatalism.

Would Iron Dome have been able to provide a solution to the thousands of rockets fired at Israel in the Second Lebanon war?

Almost 60 grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip last week were destroyed in the air using the Iron Dome system.

«If in every round there was extensive rocket fire at cities like Ashkelon, Ashdod and Beersheva, you can only assume that much loss of life and destruction property was prevented.

This is still a significantly higher price than that of the rockets fired at Israel, whose cost ranges from hundreds to a few thousand dollars.

«The last two weeks have been about as grim and hopeless as any of us can remember,» Lamott wrote, listing events like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in Ukraine, Palestinian children killed by rocket fire while playing football on the beach and protests against young refugees showing up at the U.S. border.»

Israel says it is protecting itself from constant rocket fire coming from militant group Hamas.

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has struck southern Israel, in the first such attack since September,... More

Israel considers Hamas responsible for all rocket fire emanating from Gaza, which is home to other armed groups.

«Rocket fire on Israel must be condemned, but once again Israel's response affects the innocent and risks jeopardising any hopes of reaching a comprehensive peace settlement,» Mr Moore commented.

By that time, more than 1800 Palestinians, many of them adult civilians and children, had been killed by Israeli assaults meant to stop rocket fire and assaults through tunnels from Gaza.

Israel this summer traded rocket fire with Gaza, a Palestinian territory dominated by the political group Hamas, which the United States and other countries deem a terrorist organization.

Safely inside the shelter, King said they were able to see Israel's famous Iron Dome defense system blow up the Hamas rocket fired from nearby Gaza before it could do any damage.

Because the earth's atmosphere is essentially opaque to X rays from space, instruments are placed above most of the atmosphere by means of Aerobee rockets fired from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico.»

The rocket firing was intended to take Juno from a 53.5 - day orbit to a 14 - day orbit.

The water flow system on the launch pad that appears to have malfunctioned, causing the scrub, protects the launch mount from the high temperatures produced as the rocket fires, Dunn said.

The second mistake occurred in the possible misinterpretation of the distress rockets fired off by the Titanic.

For example, whereas the UN data have separate categories for casualties caused by «mortar and rocket fire» and «shooting,» ISAF pools all ground - based battle casualties into «direct fire» and «indirect fire.»

Today, the rocket fired its engines in a test at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing the way for an inaugural launch in the coming weeks.

Once known for its prolific rock scene that revolutionized Israeli music, for thirteen years the town has been the target of ongoing rocket fire from the Gaza strip.

They travel in a bullet - shaped rocket fired into space by a giant cannon.

Addressed certain projectiles (such as rockets fired from a Tunguska) sometimes passing through objects instead of detonating on them.

Cranking the suit all the way to 11 with Armour mode enables Prophet to shake off direct rocket fire and walk away with little more than a headache.

Before this point, classics of the multiplayer shooter genre had giant leaps, while several even added the ability to rocket jump, with players using a rocket fired at their feet to propel them into the air.

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS: an action - arcade, arena - combat festival of fireworks.

His special attack is a rocket fired from his backpack, which can be upgraded to split while in flight.

Watching a massive skyscraper come crashing down around you as rocket fire rains down from every direction is absolutely mind - blowing, and the fact that the game engine can render all of this without skipping a beat is a testament to DICE's work.

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action - arcade, arena - combat festival - of - fireworks!

Fortunately, to ease the burden that is our lives, game developers have given us the completely over-the-top ability to take control of a rocket firing, laser dicing, all powerful piece of machinery known as... the mech suit!

Beyond reaching the required altitude the rocket fires into space to deliver small satellites.

Not exact matches

One day in late 2015, they fired off a cold email to Mark Cuban with the subject line «Space Is Sexy: 3 - D Print a Whole Rocket.»

U.S. President Donald Trump has stunned the world by agreeing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a man he's ridiculed as «Little Rocket Man» and whose regime only months ago he threatened with «fire and fury.»

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from the cover of the war - torn country's rolling deserts: Marine Corps officials are experimenting with firing the guided artillery system from the deck of an amphibious ship in the middle of the ocean.

It was the second ballistic missile fired from Yemen this month, after an earlier rocket was brought down near King Khaled Airport on the northern outskirts of the capital Riyadh.

SpaceX successfully test - fired its first Falcon Heavy rocket on January 24.

«You're going to see precision fire delivered off amphib ships, whether it comes out of tube guns or rockets or delivered from unmanned systems.»

In March it made industry history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket; six months before that, it watched as one of its Falcon 9 rockets exploded during refueling for a so - called test fire.

Thousands of rockets had been fired by Hamas and other Gaza terror groups indiscriminately into Israel.

Even when it's functioning properly, SpaceShipOne is racked by violent vibrations during the long minute or so when the rocket is firing.

«You're coming in at 5,000 miles per hour or more, and you have to rely on rocket power alone — fired precisely at the right time — to get down softly.