Sentences with phrase «rocket testing range»
Scottish secretary Jim Murphy faced calls for his resignation today if he did not manage to guarantee the future of 125 defence jobs at a rocket test range in the Hebrides.
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In recent years, North Korea successfully put satellites into orbit twice aboard long - range rockets in what the UN called a disguised test of long - range missile technology.
The long - range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong - 12 (Mars - 12) is launched during a test in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the long - range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong - 12 (Mars - 12) test launch in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017.
The tests became more frequent, and each successful test brought the people from Rafael closer to their great goal: to provide, for the first time anywhere in the world, a crushing response to the threat of short - range rockets, that had for years left people in Israel's southern and northern border regions helpless.
You likely know that Kim Jong - un, North Korea's young leader, tested a long range rocket in December and set off an underground nuclear bomb in February.
North Korea says it's pulling out of disarmament talks and restarting its nuclear reactor, after its launch of a rocket that critics said was designed to test its long - range missile technology drew international outrage.
The 21 - metre (68 - foot) booster rocket called Falcon 1 lifted off at 2110 EDT on Tuesday (0110 GMT Wednesday) from Omelek Island, part of a US military missile test - range at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Attractions include the Woomera Heritage Centre and Missile Park displaying examples of rockets, aircraft and weapons associated with the testing range.