rockets

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The company has expected to use New Glenn rockets to deploy satellites for Amazon and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

While thankfully everyone was safe after one of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets blew up on Thursday night, it’s a reminder of the inherent risks of the space sector.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The fibre-optic drones used by Hezbollah – also known as First-Person View or FPVs – are much harder to detect than the rockets and mortars this town is used to.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The system features a mix of ballistic missiles and artillery rockets that are guided by an autonomous navigation system, North Korea’s state media reported Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He told them, for example, that the U-2 plane had not been shot down by a single missile, as Khrushchev had announced publicly, but by fourteen rockets, and by MiG fighter jets as well.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau