How to Use ballistic missile in a Sentence

ballistic missile

noun

• The last time North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan was in 2017.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• The Defense Ministry said the market was hit by a ballistic missile.
  — Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
• North Korea in October launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan – the first in five years.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2023
• Of course, Cadillac didn’t just shove a ballistic missile into the Escalade’s engine bay and call it a day.
  — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
• North Korea’s ballistic missile launches Thursday were the sixth round of weapons tests launched in less than two weeks.
  — Fox News, 7 Oct. 2022
• And on Thursday, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile into the Gulf of Aden, which was seen by a commercial ship but did not hit the ship.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• Here are some of the top headlines: North Korea earlier today fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• Iran has over 3,000 ballistic missiles in its stockpiles, the largest arsenal in the Middle East.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• Unlike ballistic missiles, drones can fly low and slow.
  — Daha Litinova and Emma Burrows, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2023
• October 4 - North Korea fires a ballistic missile without warning over Japan for the first time in five years.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
• Past bases have included ballistic missile bases and drone bases.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
• Hours later, at least one ballistic missile was launched from Yemen in the direction of the Mason and the Central Park, defense officials said.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• The proliferation of ballistic missiles used by groups such as the Houthis is thanks, in no small part, to a partnership between Iran and North Korea.
  — Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
• Since the operation started, the Houthis have stepped up their use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, Cooper said.
  — Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
• State media photographs showed Kim and his guests at a display of some of the North’s ballistic missiles in multi-axle transporter launchers.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 27 July 2023
• Built and developed by AMG, this now-nine-year-old twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 transforms any car into a ballistic missile.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Feb. 2023
• In 2007, Beijing launched a ballistic missile at one of its defunct weather satellites.
  — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022
• In the middle of November, the hermit kingdom fired a ballistic missile that splashed down in waters due east of the Korean Peninsula.
  — John Salvatore, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2022
• While the majority of the projectiles were blocked, two ballistic missiles were able to get through U.S. air defenses, the officials said.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• But their use of ballistic missiles, as happened this weekend was seen as an escalation.
  — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• North Korea had halted weapons launches for about a week before firing a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• The use of more powerful ballistic missiles, far rarer than rockets or one-way attack drones, comes at a time of growing tension in the region as the Israel-Hamas war passes 100 days.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• The United States and its allies have been closely watching the North’s attempts to develop a sub that could launch nuclear and other ballistic missiles.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The city of Kramatorsk was hit by a Russian ballistic missile, Zelenskiy tweeted on Wednesday evening.
  — Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• Ukraine's air defense systems took down all 10 ballistic missiles targeting the capital at about 3 a.m., Ukraine's Air Force said on Telegram.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
• Instead, his forces are intercepting Houthi drone and ballistic missile attacks in one of the world’s most strategic waterways, and striking the group further inland in Yemen.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
• Work on the Navy’s ballistic missile submarines started up just a few years after the company signed a major contract to double its production of attack submarines for the Navy.
  — Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 16 Oct. 2022
• The drills have not been without mishaps, however, as a South Korean ballistic missile malfunctioned and exploded on the ground on Wednesday.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2022
• To complicate matters, relations are at an all-time low as tensions in the region have surged over North Korea’s ballistic missile launches.
  — 5 Things Podcast Transcript, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• The state is home to Malmstrom Air Force Base and its 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024