kinetic

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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

The aim is to be bustlingly kinetic, but the feel is pure kindergarten: no logic, just jerky leaps from one gaming situation to the next, with characters and objects taking on whatever powers are needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We don't know for sure," he adds, "but there's a lot of kinetic things happening in that area at the moment".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The finding provides strong evidence that a kinetic impactor could be used as a planetary defense method to redirect a potentially hazardous near-Earth object.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The hyena was up again in an instant, every hair on its body as erect as the hairs on my head, but its hostility wasn’t quite so kinetic now.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel