projectiles

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It said 111 projectiles were shot down or intercepted, but recorded 20 direct hits in 13 locations.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

It still might not be the best idea to let people throw projectiles as the night goes on, though.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the coming days of the conflict would be decisive, and that the number of projectiles launched by Iran in the past 24 hours represented the lowest during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Ships would be vulnerable to mines, and projectiles launched from shore.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton