kinetic
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Strategic military resources go even further with advanced sensors, directed energy, electronic warfare, and kinetic interceptors to detect, track, and neutralize unmanned threats, whether a single drone or a swarm.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
Southern Command “delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero,” Trump posted on social media, referring to the fugitive leader of Tren de Aragua, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
The Amaterasu particle was reported at about 240 exa-electron volts, giving one tiny cosmic-ray particle roughly the kinetic energy of a fast-moving tennis ball.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Neutralization closes the loop: electronic jamming, kinetic interceptors, directed-energy lasers and, increasingly, autonomous counterdrones that intercept targets without human intervention.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Looking back, I realize that I never felt any kinetic relationship to Jews.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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