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Missile launches and nuclear tests are banned by the U.N. Security Council, but North Korea has paid no attention to its resolutions.
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Missile launches and nuclear tests are banned by the U.N. Security Council, but North Korea has paid no attention to its resolutions.
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Missile experts say the North’s shift to solids came as a surprise.
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Missile experts haven't identified the four intermediate-range missiles that landed on Monday off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, about 620 miles from its...
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Origin and Etymology of missile
First Known Use: 1610
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of missile
- stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are missiles
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The first time Trump hosted Abe at Mar-a-Lago, North Korea conducted its first missile test of Trump’s administration, and the two delivered a joint statement denouncing the launch.
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When Trump hosted Abe at his private Mar-a-Lago club just weeks after his inauguration, North Korea launched its first missile test of Trump's administration, and the two delivered a joint statement denouncing the launch.
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Rodríguez called the United States a bellicose, racist country that had launched illegitimate wars around the world, including Friday’s missile attack on Syria.
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Two congressional representatives from Maryland reacted via Twitter to the missile attack launched by the U.S. and its allies against Syria on Friday evening.
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The rogue nation's abrupt diplomatic outreach in recent months has brought a temporary lull to tensions sparked by its nuclear weapons and missile tests last year that resulted in Kim and Trump exchanging crude insults and threats of war.
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These have come from Chinese rockets, North Korean missile launches, and some of SpaceX's other, more conventional Falcon 9 launches.
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Both of their governments have steadfastly refused to make concessions, but South Korea has claimed Kim was ready to freeze his missile launches and ultimately denuclearize completely if his country's security could be guaranteed.
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That deal began to come a’cropper in 1998, when North Korea fired off a missile test.
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First Known Use of missile
circa 1656
MISSILE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of missile for English Language Learners
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: an object that is thrown, shot, or launched as a weapon; especially : a rocket that explodes when it hits a distant target
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