Meanwhile, Max Schrems, an Austrian activist, is hurling David-like missiles at tech giants, challenging them in the courts to keep people’s data safe and secure.
Fortune’s 40 Under 40 honorees in tech defy the pandemic|rhhackettfortune|September 2, 2020|Fortune
The potential applications of this new missile guidance system for cells are only just starting to be explored.
Scientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T-Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles|Edd Gent|August 24, 2020|Singularity Hub
In essence, they crucially filled the gap of mobile-missile contingents in many Crusader armies, and thus were considered invaluable to many military actions during the Crusades.
History of the Crusades: Origins, Politics, and Crusaders|Dattatreya Mandal|March 23, 2020|Realm of History
We’ve wanted to prevent them from developing more and more capable ballistic missiles.
Speak Softly and Carry Big Data (Ep. 395)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 31, 2019|Freakonomics
The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.
In the later stages of the war, the American-made Stinger missile was introduced and wreaked havoc among the Soviet helicopters.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?|Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like boxers, every missile has a reach, a range, a limit to how far it can hit.
Pentagon Worries That Russia Can Now Outshoot U.S. Stealth Jets|Dave Majumdar|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The missile fell back to earth after just 40 seconds in the air.
Ashton Carter, the Wonk Who Would Lead the Pentagon|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lily tossed the missile into the other girl's lap, for she was too eager to open her own two letters to cause any further delay.
The Girl Scouts' Good Turn|Edith Lavell
Moreover, the discharge of this missile is a far more complicated undertaking than is generally supposed.
The Victory At Sea|William Sowden Sims
One missile knocked from its tail a few long feathers, which drifted slowly down on the heads of the people.
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales|George Bird Grinnell
This could have been produced by a missile entering in the ordinary fashion, undisturbed, undistorted.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Missile after missile shot accurately out at the attackers and retaliation was well nigh impossible.
A Son of the City|Herman Gastrell Seely
British Dictionary definitions for missile
missile
/ (ˈmɪsaɪl) /
noun
any object or weapon that is thrown at a target or shot from an engine, gun, etc
a rocket-propelled weapon that flies either in a fixed trajectory (ballistic missile) or in a trajectory that can be controlled during flight (guided missile)