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missile

[mis-uhl, -ahyl] / ˈmɪs əl, -aɪl /


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Just a few grams of these materials are needed to make a television or laptop computer, but hundreds of grams are required for each Tomahawk or Patriot missile.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Acquisition costs alone would be ⁠over $1tn, including for the interceptor layers and a space-based missile warning and tracking system, the watchdog said in a report published on Tuesday.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

That’s not nothing: That makes me one of 400 people who together would have covered the cost of that missile.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

Oil prices have been relatively stable in recent weeks, though still sharply elevated, as the Persian Gulf cease-fire has largely held despite scattered missile and drone attacks.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

MIRVs, which encompassed the land-based MX missile program, were the ultimate product of Livermore’s long quest for a high-yield, low-weight nuclear device.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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