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Recent Examples on the Web Obama planned to build a new class of submarines to replace Ohio-class ballistic missile subs. — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 1 June 2021 In 2008, a three-foot-long piece of metal was found in the area; according to the Dyatlov Foundation, which took possession of it, the metal is part of a Soviet ballistic missile. — Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021 Several of the astronauts—and possibly all of them will take the short ride on a ballistic missile into space before the first man is orbited. — Joseph N. Bell, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2021 On top of that, in April, the U.S. had successfully tested a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile called the Minuteman. — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2021 It’s been 60 years, to the day, since Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel to space in a tiny capsule attached to an R-7 ballistic missile, a powerful rocket originally designed to carry a 3-5 megaton nuclear warhead. — Pakinam Amer, Scientific American, 12 Apr. 2021 To further escalate, North Korea could fire off longer-range missiles, conduct a nuclear test or launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, possibly from a submarine, Cha and other experts said. — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2021 Former President Donald Trump didn’t protest short-range missile launches, emphasizing that Pyongyang hadn’t conducted a nuclear test or launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2021 The official also said shrapnel from a ballistic missile fell near Aramco’s residential area in Dhahran, which hosts thousands of employees and their families. — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2021

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