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The missile launchers can be loaded with four Patriot II or sixteen Patriot III missiles.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025 What is the Patriot Missile System? A Patriot missile system, first deployed in Iraq in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, consists of radar, a control station, a power generator and as many as eight launchers which hold four interceptor missiles.—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 Pulling out the rocket launcher Mac had bought him on the dark web, Dennis was genuinely overcome, caressing his bucket-list war weapon in stunned gratitude, while Mac beamed in what, on any other show, would be heartwarming friendship.—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025 More often there are rocket launchers and leaps from balconies in which no one ever gets hurt.—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for launcher
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