Example sentences for: missiles

How can you use “missiles” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On a day that, according to the coverage, saw Russian and American military officers jointly shepherding nuclear missiles through Y2K, Yeltsin and Putin participated in a little transition ceremony that centered on the handover of the suitcase that is used to monitor a nuclear war.

  • Then the speaker of Russia's parliament said Yeltsin had directed the targeting of Russian nuclear missiles at NATO countries . This raised alarms throughout the world, until the speaker's office retracted the claim and explained that Yeltsin had merely discussed the targeting option.

  • US president John F. Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on the island to ensure no more missiles arrived and insisted that the existing ones be removed.

  • Then Israel surprised the United States again by almost doubling the number of Tomahawk cruise missiles it said it needed.

  • DOD plans to buy 10,142 missiles at a total acquisition cost estimated at $3 billion.


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