Sentences with phrase «enemy warheads»
He concluded that the many dives, loops and curls of the interceptors resulted in diverse angles of attack that made it nearly impossible to destroy enemy warheads.
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Enemy warheads, the official stressed, were «destroyed — not engaged — destroyed.»
From such evidence, as well as from rocket and warhead basics, Mr. Lloyd estimates that the system succeeded 30 percent to 40 percent of the time in detonating enemy warheads.
The system's maker, an Israeli company called Rafael, says in a promotional video that the interceptor is designed «to ensure destruction» of the enemy warhead.
In theory, the best time to intercept an enemy warhead is in the first three or four minutes after launch, when its blazing rockets are emitting a telltale — and highly trackable — plume.
Not exact matches
By all accounts, the interceptor's warhead fires when its sensors indicate an enemy rocket nearby — an encounter zone said to be up to several feet wide.
Yet, the U.S. has no avowed nuclear enemies as in the days of the Soviet Union and certainly none that would require thousands of nuclear warheads to deter or destroy, according to critics of the RRW plan.
Possibilities include a warhead diverted from the U.S. arsenal or smuggled into the country by terrorists, or a bomb delivered by an enemy state such as North Korea, which has threatened to nuke the White House.
But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth, MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job.
But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job.
When he sees Warhead blast an enemy, he quips, «I so pity the dude who pressures her into prom sex.»
The game could have used more sequences like the bit where players transport a fragile warhead on their back of their vehicle - smashing through checkpoints and running over enemy soldiers with wild abandon.
There's also the HellStorm Missile, which works the same way as a Predator Missile, except that it can split off multiple warheads, decimating enemies moving together in a group.