Iran's decision to shoot down a drone in its own airspace would be understandable; certainly the United States would shoot down an Iranian drone that intruded over our territory.
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"I would never shoot down space," Morgan told Entertainment Weekly.
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It is very hard to shoot down a ballistic missile.
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It can shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles.
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She was quick to shoot down that sex tape rumor.
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The main goal is to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.
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By Weiyi Cai Why did Iran shoot down the drone?
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Alex is quick to — extremely politely — shoot down that notion.
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Is it OK to shoot down a drone over your backyard?
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In fact, neither country is likely to shoot down drug flights.
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The THAAD system is specifically designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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VICE: Is Russia saying it's about to shoot down American planes?
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The U.S. did successfully shoot down a ballistic missile last February.
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The faster the rocket, the harder it is to shoot down.
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I asked Davis why he didn't shoot down last month's stories.
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It's 2017, there should be technology to shoot down a missile.
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Brooks, meanwhile, didn't shoot down the idea of running against Jones.
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The minister threatened to shoot down U.S. aircraft in international airspace.
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In April, Russia threatened to shoot down U.S. missiles fired at Syria.
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Eventually, police tried to shoot down the drone with said water cannons.
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It warned it would shoot down any missiles aimed at Syrian forces.
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You're not supposed to shoot down ideas during the brain storm phase!
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Still, he appeared to shoot down helping pay for Trump's border wall.
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A warning that Washington would shoot down North Korea's next missile test?
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So, she's asking the judge to shoot down Andrew's request to relocate.
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Related: Why The Hell Did Turkey Shoot Down a Russian Fighter Jet?
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They once used rocket launchers to shoot down a Mexican military helicopter.
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Santopadre tried to shoot down that speculation, saying Han was merely shy.
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Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
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It's designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
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Democrats sought to highlight such links, and shoot down Trump's wiretapping claim.
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" "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
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The system is designed to shoot down short and medium-range missiles.
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Earlier this year, China demonstrated its ability to shoot down missiles in space.
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Pyongyang said they will shoot down any U.S. bombers violating the air space.
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The system is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles.
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Russia had threatened to shoot down any US missiles fired at the country.
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Syria said Thursday it would shoot down Turkish jets that attack in Syria.
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That might help the US shoot down missiles, but Koreans keep protesting it.
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Trying and failing to shoot down the missile also could have had consequences.
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No further details were immediately available, including the time of the shoot-down.
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Despite objection, Congress passes bill that lets U.S. authorities shoot down private drones
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Dudley on Wednesday did not entirely shoot down the need for energy transition.
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Rouhani said a special court would be established to investigate the shoot-down.
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Could security at the NFL stadiums shoot down drones that approach the stadium?
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North Korea has also threatened to shoot down U.S. aircraft over international waters.
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NHK also reported that Japan took no action to shoot down the missile.
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The past 10 days have seen Syrian rebels shoot down a Russian warplane.
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Japan says it can shoot down any missile North Korea fires at Guam.
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The country has threatened to shoot down US surveillance aircraft flying near Iran.
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The system could be used to shoot down ballistic missiles aimed at South Korea.
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No country on the planet possesses the capability to shoot down an incoming strike.
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THAAD uses high-powered radar and truck-mounted launchers to shoot down incoming missiles.
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Even more important, they say, would be authorisation to shoot down suspected drug flights.
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Watch ... 'cause he didn't just shoot down the possibility, he explained why in detail.
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Laser-based weapons that shoot down drones may be dangerous and complicated to operate.
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Independent investigative reporting is essential to shoot down false claims and expose bad actors.
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He suggests this several times, and several times I politely shoot down the idea.
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The Syrian government, which has threatened to shoot down Turkish planes, condemned the strikes.
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I have seen them shoot down every attempt to spread awareness that we tried.
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The Observatory said heavy machine guns had been used to shoot down the jet.
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Despite the advance notice, Russia made no effort to shoot down the American missiles.
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"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," Trump tweeted.
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But Russia has threatened that its air defenses would shoot down any incoming missiles.
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Wednesday's shoot-down marks a serious escalation in tensions between the US and Iran.
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"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," he tweeted.
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Would it shoot down a North Korean missile that was being tested near Guam?
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US destroyers carry the Aegis missile defense system, designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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The threat to shoot down a United States bomber is a case in point.
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" Full tweet: "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
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Mattis wanted permission to shoot down any Iranian aircraft that was attacking American drones.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was quick to shoot down the suggestion.
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Most topics you'd bring up for discussion, he would shoot down, and school you.
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That could make it easier for North Korea to shoot down an American warplane.
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" Leno is quick to shoot down the idea, saying, "I'm not trying to scare children.
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It took the Malaysian flight shoot-down to make [Prime Minister David] Cameron buckle down.
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Shoot-down laws violate international law, wrote Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, a legal scholar, last year.
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The U.S. government will soon have authority to shoot down private drones considered a threat.
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The group brought ships that could shoot down missiles that North Korea has been testing.
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Joy showed off her #SummerGoals body during a Poema bikini photo shoot down in Miami.
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"The rebels did not shoot down the Boeing," Girkin told Reuters on Wednesday without elaborating.
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Minn-Erva is later killed while trying to shoot down a ship of Skrull refugees.
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Putin has said it's too fast for our current US weapons systems to shoot down.
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They haven't tried to shoot down an American plane or bomb a US military base.
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General McMaster would not comment on the North Korean threat to shoot down American warplanes.
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Patriot systems are designed to shoot down missiles at closer range than THAAD or Aegis.
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The THAAD system is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
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Shoot down every medium- to long-range missile North Korea fires to restrict its testing
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Syria and Hezbollah celebrated the F-16 shoot-down as a blow to Israeli military superiority.
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They're blustery dudes who always seem to be challenging each other to shoot down more bogies.
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On Tuesday, the actress took to Twitter to shoot down claims she is engaged and pregnant.
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Such a system could help the president shoot down potential coup-plotting airmen in the future.
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Its defence minister, Gen Nakatani, said they had orders "to shoot down any ballistic missile threat".
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Despite this, there was no attempt to shoot down the North Korean missile on July Fourth.
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Japan has put its military on alert to shoot down any rocket that threatens its territory.
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The United States also banned funding linked to shoot-down activities in Peru after the incident.
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The military is standing by with anti-ballistic missile batteries prepared to shoot down incoming artillery.
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The U.S. is in the process of upgrading its ability to shoot down an incoming missile.
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The escort vessels around and below them ward off unfriendly submarines and shoot down incoming missiles.
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Japan could shoot down North Korean missiles with U.S. military technology, President Donald Trump has said.
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On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to shoot down reports he has considered stepping down.
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These can be set to an autonomous mode to shoot down incoming airplanes, missiles, or rockets.
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Current US missile defenses are designed to only shoot down a small number of enemy missiles.
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The video, which Twitch removed, shows him trying to shoot down the door of the synagogue.
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He said it is "absolutely impossible" that the armed forces would shoot down a civilian plane.
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"It's never appropriate to shoot down another country's aircraft when it's over international waters," Sanders responded.
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Still, it seems Google finds reports like these worth the time and money to shoot down.
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Israel has used Patriot missiles to shoot down fixed-wing drones operated by Hamas, Mr Jordan says.
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Russia is also working on anti-satellite weapons, saying it now has lasers to shoot down satellites.
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Sweden's current air defense system, which is over a decade old, cannot shoot down enemy ballistic robots.
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Burris became Rogers' direct boss and started to shoot down the cartoonist's ideas multiple times a day.
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Later, in a climactic battle, resistance fighters shoot down an alien aircraft and track down its pilot.
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Bynes last posted to Twitter in February to shoot down rumors that she was engaged and pregnant.
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The Pentagon said in August that U.S. military bases could shoot down drones that pose a threat.
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I would literally never shoot down anything, as long as it hits the parameters: 'Is it badass?
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The US Military Used Lasers to Shoot Down a Drone in 26Lasers are the future of warfare.
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So an F-35 would have to shoot down the ICBM before it climbs above 353,000 feet.
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She also said that it's "never appropriate" to shoot down aircraft when they are in international airspace.
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Combat medals, citations, the only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last 40 years.
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"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," Trump wrote in one tweet.
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We'd be explaining that this was a pilot error and not a shoot-down of that aircraft.
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In turn, Syrian anti-aircraft managed to shoot down an Israeli aircraft that crashed in Northern Israel.
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He also said that the North would shoot down U.S. aircraft even outside of North Korea's airspace.
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After last week's clash the group's leader said Hezbollah would shoot down Israeli drones in Lebanese airspace.
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"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria," Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning.
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It would probably force the Trump administration to shoot down the incoming missiles, leading to further escalation.
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The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, said Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera.
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The THAAD missile defense system is principally designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles.
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In the meantime, Moss urges residents not to shoot down the drones as they are highly flammable.
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ISIS forbade anyone to leave, planting land mines and using snipers to shoot down anyone who tried.
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The first successful laser weapon to shoot down a drone actually occurred all the way back in 1973.
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The newest additions to the hulking structure were carbon turrets, ready to shoot down any intruder on sight.
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The SEC tried to shoot down on Monday other arguments Musk has made against being held in contempt.
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Back in April, she had to shoot down rumors that she was starting a line of face creams.
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With no training on how to shoot down airliners, they had to come up with a plan themselves.
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It is time for Russia to cease its lies and account for its role in the shoot down.
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Systems like America's THAAD have a proven ability to shoot down ballistic missiles, which close in more quickly.
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Hood, Jazz shoot down Cavaliers SALT LAKE CITY — Taking over games is quickly becoming Rodney Hood's personal trademark.
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Japan has ordered its armed forces to shoot down any missile that threatens to fall on Japanese territory.
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Dean goes out of his way to shoot down these claims, citing his own research of Britton's papers.
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In 2007, it tested an anti-satellite system that allowed it to successfully shoot down a Chinese satellite.
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Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), have been enlisted by the White House to help shoot down the Russian allegations.
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Japan has placed its military on alert to shoot down any North Korean rocket if it threatens Japan.
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Significant advances in directed energy technology hold promise for systems that can better shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The Trump administration wants to build up Space Force and use the F-35 to shoot down ICBMs.
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In 2015, a bill was passed by the California state senate authorizing emergency workers to shoot down drones.
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Moscow is also demanding a full U.S. account of its decision to shoot down a Syrian jet Sunday.
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If Russia can indeed shoot down U.S. cruise missiles, it may decide to keep that technology under wraps.
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Their equipment is designed in the first instance to shoot down heavy anti-ship missiles and cruise missiles.
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Better, though not on the table, would be to threaten to shoot down Iranian missiles tested or used.
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They'd get final say, and Dunham believes they would not hesitate to shoot down the convicted sex offender.
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"Not that the Chinese are going to shoot down an aircraft in peacetime," he said in a telephone interview.
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Russia has used its veto power as a permanent member several times to shoot down resolutions, as has China.
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And there have been calls to just "shoot down" the drone, though that's much more involved than it seems.
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He has threatened to shoot down any American plane that attacks the forces of Syria's despot, Bashar al-Assad.
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LASER WEAPONS orbiting in space and warplanes that shoot down rockets sound like the doodlings of a teenage boy.
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Later, we see the controllers used to shoot down virtual planes and select images from a VR photo album.
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Were they to shoot down the deal, Bristol-Myers would have to pay Celgene a $2.2 billion breakup fee.
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When we asked Wells if the current LaWS could shoot down a missile, he said simply "maybe" and smiled.
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The missile defense system, known as THAAD, is designed to shoot down incoming short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles.
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As chatter about possible U.S. retaliation grew, Russia said it would shoot down any U.S. missiles launched in Syria.
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Both Comey and NSA director Mike Rogers would also shoot down Trump's claim during sworn testimony on Capitol Hill.
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Russia has vowed to shoot down any missiles that enter Syrian airspace —and even suggested targeting missile launch sites.
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By expanding that range, the new systems should be able to shoot down missiles before they get so close.
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A ground-based missile defense system, THAAD is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
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Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said that meant the North could target and shoot down U.S. bombers in return.
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We were informed last night that AmazonDisney forces, led by RoboBezos, were able to shoot down hundreds more satellites.
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In reality, Russia was careful not to shoot down a single American missile, let alone sink any American ships.
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They need to say that an Israeli shoot-down or a bomb was a possible cause of the accident.
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Other destroyers specifically equipped with ballistic missile defense can then theoretically shoot down a weapon fired from North Korea.
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It could also invite a direct military confrontation with Russia, which warned that it would shoot down any missiles.
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If you shoot down a $1,000 drone with a $1 million missile, you're losing every time you're doing it.
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A group of former IRS commissioners also asked the House to shoot down measures to impeach or censure Koskinen.
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The S-85033 system is designed to shoot down enemy aircraft and has a range of about 250 miles.
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THAAD is a ground-based missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
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At one point, the troops pointed their rifles skyward to shoot down an ISIS drone carrying an explosive payload.
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Russia has regularly used its veto power as a permanent member of the council to shoot down resolutions on Syria.
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It fires missiles from trucks and is designed to shoot down military aircraft and short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
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In August, the Pentagon said U.S. military bases could shoot down drones that endanger aviation safety or pose other threats.
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The Russian investigation concluded that while Israel did not shoot down the plane, it was still responsible for the incident.
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Others in the platoon said they saw him shoot down a girl and an old man with a sniper rifle.
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It responded by comparing the show of force to a declaration of war and threatened to shoot down American bombers.
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Also over the weekend, reports emerged of Syrian rebels using advanced anti-aircraft weapons to shoot down Syrian government helicopters.
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For an F-35 to shoot down an ICBM, it'd first need to know where the launch is coming from.
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The defense minister said it may have been fired by a gang member trying to shoot down a police blimp.
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Rising Mavs shoot down slumping Thunder DALLAS — Lately, it's getting harder to tell the Dallas Mavericks and playoff teams apart.
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Not only did this shoot down the industry's rat-breed argument, it created a huge problem for the biotech industry.
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Ri also warned that Pyongyang would shoot down U.S. aircraft, even if they are not in North Korean air space.
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One consideration is the potential response: On Wednesday, Russia repeated its warning that it would shoot down any US missiles.
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Critics believe it's cover for a ballistic missile test, and Japan vowed to shoot down any missile over its territory.
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THAAD is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles using radar to detect an incoming threat.
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Mr. President, harden the U.S. electrical grid to defend against an EMP attack, and shoot down those North Korean satellites!
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North Korea claimed a right to shoot down American warplanes flying in international airspace if they came near the country.
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A lot of fantasy tales being told right now" He continued to shoot down the report -- "It's definitely not true.
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Mr. Netanyahu blamed Mr. Lieberman for the impasse, accusing him of trying to "shoot down this government" for political gain.
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The Russian system is an advanced surface-to-air missile system that can shoot down planes like the F-35.
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Following air-traffic disruptions caused by drones, many people wonder why the police do not simply shoot down offending drones.
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There is a large-scale domestic backlash to its attempted coverup of the accidental Ukrainian airliner shoot-down in January.
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Catalyst has urged Hudson's Bay shareholders to shoot down the deal with Baker in a vote scheduled for Dec. 17.
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He sent Astarion into the rafters above the goblin mage and his henchman, ready to shoot down into the melee.
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Mr. Hastings was the one with the cash and the ability to shoot down ideas without worrying about hurt feelings.
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Big-business groups swiftly moved to shoot down the limit on health care deductibility when it came up this month.
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" It reads, "I'm not afraid to shoot down any attacks by anti-gun groups, because gun rights are women's rights.
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This year, North Korea tested ballistic missiles whose warheads appeared to maneuver in flight, making them harder to shoot down.
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"In the worst scenario, we shoot down a leader of the menacing elephants or scare them off using firecrackers," she said.
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Russia has used its veto power in the UN Security Council several times to shoot down proposed resolutions on the conflict.
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Democrats want to take charge of the impeachment push and shoot down GOP complaints that the process they're pursuing is unfair.
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The Pentagon said in August that U.S. military bases could shoot down drones that endanger aviation safety or pose other threats.
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Since their wedding four months ago, the spouses have already had to shoot down rumors about a baby on the way.
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Patriot PAC-20123 missile batteries is seen is the courtyard of the Japan Defense Ministry, ready to shoot down rocket debris.
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He was quick to shoot down any questions about just what he'd do if Mexico refused to pay for the wall.
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Tesla's shares have fallen nearly 11 percent in the period on skepticism that the company's shareholders could shoot down the deal.
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A US-enforced no-fly zone would mean the US could shoot down a Russian jet should it enter Syrian airspace.
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Were China to shoot down an aircraft on such a path, it could prove the single most expensive aircraft downing ever.
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Teyana was part of a "Baywatch" themed photo shoot down in Miami, and went with red hair to complement the swimwear.
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The Russian Defense Ministry demanded a full U.S. account as to why it decided to shoot down a Syrian jet Sunday.
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The North says since the US started this, it has the right to shoot down US planes near North Korean airspace.
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The president's threat comes after Russia's ambassador to Lebanon said Tuesday that Russia would shoot down American missiles headed Syria's way.
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He rose to captain and was credited with being the first black fighter pilot to shoot down a German fighter jet.
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Experts say Japan does not currently have the capability to shoot down a missile flying over its territory headed for Guam.
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In the newest Olympic sport, big air, athletes shoot down a 49-meter-high hill and launch themselves off a ramp.
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And he implicitly acknowledged his disappointment that Mr. Abe did not shoot down missiles that North Korea recently fired over Japan.
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Then an American official raised the idea of the Saudis' buying a sophisticated radar system designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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At one point, they pointed their rifles to the sky to shoot down an Islamic State drone carrying an explosive payload.
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Patrón is synonymous with tequila, but the premium brand&aposs starting price tag may be difficult for many to shoot down.
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Were Bristol-Myers shareholders to shoot down the deal, the company would have to pay Celgene a $2.2 billion breakup fee.
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He was arrested, but a judge ruled that Mr. Merideth had the right to shoot down the drone and dismissed the case.
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The Pentagon has approved a new policy that authorizes military bases to shoot down private and commercial drones encroaching on its airspace.
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Tesla's shares have fallen nearly 11 percent in the same period on skepticism that the company's shareholders could shoot down the deal.
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The US Air Force announced that it has successfully used a laser weapons system to shoot down multiple missiles while in flight.
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This one had a wall only 5 feet tall, a disadvantage that meant people could shoot down into the yard more easily.
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The Pentagon has approved a new policy allowing military bases to shoot down private and commercial drones that are considered a threat.
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Yet no one ascribes scientific thinking to archerfish because they are able shoot down insects by spitting jets of water at them.
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If you're looking to explore a new paradigm for reality more than to shoot down spaceships, it might still be too early.
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Instead, they are located in Alaska and California and have been used to successfully shoot down test versions of North Korean missiles.
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Today's autonomous weapons are mostly static systems to shoot down incoming threats in self-defence, or missiles fired into narrowly defined areas.
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Seventy-four percent of the public, though, is confident we could shoot down three missiles at once before any hit their target.
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Because missiles are harder to shoot down than planes, they could pose a more viable threat to neighboring countries such as Japan.
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THAAD is a regional anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down incoming missiles during their re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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The Aegis warships began exercises to improve their capability to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles, the US Navy said in a statement.
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Both the Israeli "Iron Dome" and the American Phalanx CIWS systems detect and shoot down incoming missiles and rockets automatically upon detection.
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In fact, the kingdom used the missile interceptors in March to shoot down rockets fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen.
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Monday, Moscow threatened to down US fighter jets battling ISIS in retaliation for a US shoot-down of a Syrian government warplane.
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But they might also be used to detect and, one day perhaps, capture or shoot down those released by the bad guys.
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August 31, 1983 - Soviet fighter jets shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 as it flies over Soviet air space by mistake.
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As a result, he told Georgescu that FARC was seeking weapons to shoot down American helicopters to protect its cocaine trafficking operations.
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Defense officials tell CNN presidential approval is not mandatory for a "self-defense" shoot down to protect the US or its allies.
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The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, has demanded a full U.S. account as to why it decided to shoot down the Syrian jet.
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By extending the range of some antiballistic missile systems, the Japanese would be better equipped to shoot down missiles launched by Pyongyang.
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The president's threat comes after Russia's ambassador to Lebanon told local media that Russia would shoot down American missiles headed Syria's way.
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The US military possesses several kinds of weapons—including lasers, guns and missiles—that can shoot down smaller, slower, shorter-range rockets.
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Richard Simmons broke his silence to shoot down a report that his long-time housekeeper is holding him hostage in his home.
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For example, a big tenet of QAnon is that the deep state tried to shoot down Air Force One with a missile.
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The weapon can make course corrections during its flight, making it difficult to shoot down with ballistic-missile defenses, according to experts.
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Japan's American-made missile defense systems would have enabled the country to shoot down the missile that flew over Hokkaido on Aug.
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The Netherlands and Australia have said they hold Russia responsible as it supplied the missile system used to shoot down the plane.
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The Netherlands and Australia have said they hold Russia responsible as it supplied the missile system used to shoot down the plane.
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Some analysts question whether, under that definition, lawmakers would authorize an effort to shoot down missiles en route to the United States.
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" And yet, questions about meatspace — like "What does the city of the future look like?" and "Can I shoot down a drone?
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That's enough time to speed around a track or use a tank to shoot down enemies (or friends, if you're in multiplayer mode).
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But the Harry Potter version is different, primarily for one reason: it is a popular fan theory that J.K. Rowling didn't shoot down.
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Rather than risk the unmanned aerial vehicle falling into foreign hands, the Air Force sortied an F-15E to shoot down the drone.
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Attempting to shoot down a longer-range missile test would be easier – but the success of such an action could never be guaranteed.
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ISIS was outnumbered by its enemies in the region and outgunned by the coalition, and had no way to shoot down American planes.
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And Gary Cohn had an awkward moment when CEOs appeared to shoot down one of the biggest arguments for the GOP tax plan.
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"It will involve one Aegis-level vessel from each country," said the ministry, referring to warships that can shoot down enemy ballistic missiles.
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Conley said that the only way the U.S. would shoot down a plane in this situation is if the Russians actually shot first.
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Warren Buffett once joked that the best thing a clairvoyant could have done for investors in 1903 was to shoot down Orville Wright.
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Rumors about Affleck's departure from the franchise have been swirling about for nearly two years, but the actor would often shoot down speculation.
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The drones look a lot like and move a lot like the aliens you shoot down in the classic video game Space Invaders.
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They don't clamber on the walls, get to the top of towers, shoot down on you from cliffs, climb trees, build gun emplacements.
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The former Bachelor star took to Instagram to shoot down rumors that he and fiancé (and final rose recipient) Lauren Bushnell have split.
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THAAD is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles with shorter ranges than the ICBM that North Korea launched Tuesday.
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Patriot PAC-3 missile batteries seen on Sunday at the Japan Defense Ministry as Japan gets ready to shoot down missiles targeting it.
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So she avails herself of President Grant (Tony Goldwyn) to pardon Shawn based on "her gut," which both he and Olivia shoot down.
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O) mom-and-pop investors to shoot down a $1103 billion deal to sell the semiconductor company to larger peer Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.
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The flying testbed was designed to shoot down missiles but had mixed success and the Pentagon scrapped the $5 billion project in 2011.
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"Anything is a lot when they shoot down an unmanned [drone]," Trump told reporters Saturday about the possible casualties from the aborted strike.
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Watching early morning cable TV, seeing a report about Russia's pledge to shoot down missiles aimed at Syria and thinking "I'll show them"?
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North Korea's foreign minister on Monday accused Trump of declaring war, saying that gives Pyongyang the right to shoot down U.S. strategic bombers.
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Kenan Malik LONDON — What leads young European Muslims to blow themselves up on trains and at airports, to shoot down shoppers and concertgoers?
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You shoot down viruses and soar past shimmering polygons, with your success or failure made much more consequential through the suit's force feedback.
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In February, a United States intelligence assessment warned that Russia and China would be able to shoot down American satellites in two years.
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I showed Westmoreland a classified message concerning the surface-to-air Talos missile, which was to be used to shoot down enemy aircraft.
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Britons and some lawmakers criticized officials' response to the drone incursions, with some wondering why the police did not shoot down the device.
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The go-ahead to shoot down the plane and the passenger it was carrying had come from the minister of defense, Ariel Sharon.
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Should we choose an attack, however, they have the ability to sink some of our ships and shoot down some of our planes.
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If pre-emptive attacks failed, South Korea would hope its Korea Air and Missile Defense would shoot down any rockets from the North.
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You had the British oil tanker situation, the shoot-down of one of our drones and then the U.S. Embassy demonstration last week.
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Japan's defence minister, Gen Nakatani, told a media briefing on Wednesday he had issued an order to shoot down any "ballistic missile threat".
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That bullet was suspected to have been fired by a gang member trying to shoot down a police blimp or drone, officials said.
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Meantime, a Singapore testing facility works on autonomous car technology, and the nation of India acquires the technology to shoot down a satellite.
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It may be the only way that the US can get enough missiles in the air to shoot down that Chinese Sky Horde.
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Last month, the Pentagon approved a measure that would let the US military shoot down drones in no-fly areas it considered a threat.
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One remaining possibility, albeit a risky one, is that America might threaten to shoot down North Korean missiles in their boost or ascent phase.
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The less incendiary step of trying to shoot down Mr Kim's missiles whenever he tests them would prevent the North from developing an ICBM.
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In September, Iran threatened to shoot down two US Navy aircraft as they were flying just inside the strait, a US defense official said.
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Like everyone else who has paid attention to this controversy, an over-anxious Trump knew that Comey was going to shoot down his charges.
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It's designed to shoot down incoming missiles that threaten civilian populations, akin to shooting a bullet with another bullet in simple terms, experts say.
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But whether or not they truly expect to shoot down Trump's decision -- or even have a veto-proof majority to do so -- is unclear.
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Trump denied having ever proposed creating a moat or an electrified fence on Tuesday, but said nothing of his suggestion to shoot down migrants.
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In Syria it has subverted America's efforts to defeat Bashar al-Assad and threatened to shoot down American warplanes if they attack his army.
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Last month, North Korea's foreign minister warned the regime had the right to shoot down any U.S. bombers, even outside the North Korean airspace.
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It also said that Tehran had attempted to shoot down a U.S. drone that was trying to help the ships that had been hit.
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A Patriot missile, usually priced at about $3 million was recently used to shoot down a $200 quadcopter drone, according to a US general.
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Japan had said it would shoot down parts of the rocket that entered its airspace, but that did not happen, public broadcaster NHK said.
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But America rejects this idea because of the danger that they would be used by terrorists to shoot down passenger airliners around the world.
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The alternative, however, is that Washington attempts to shoot down the missile test in a risky use of force that is unlikely to succeed.
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We called law enforcement to confirm or shoot down the story ... and we were told they were unaware of a death at the Mansion.
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This test is not expected to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Editor of The Nonproliferation Review Joshua Pollack confirmed to Axios.
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It's is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles with shorter ranges than the ICBM that North Korea launched July 4.
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Joe Dunford said that authority also provided the justification for the US to shoot down a Syrian jet that was threatening US-backed forces.
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The U.S. military attempted an exceptionally difficult missile interception, its first ever to shoot down a model of a long range intercontinental ballistic missile.
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In January he declared a national "security emergency" and authorised the air force to shoot down aircraft suspected of flying drugs across Argentina's borders.
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The John McCain is equipped with the Aegis missile defense system, which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles from adversaries like North Korea.
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The technology is meant to shoot down missiles, in particular those from North Korean, when they're traveling at their slowest rate right after launch.
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Experts say the Aegis system could be used to shoot down North Korean missiles sent toward Guam or US bases elsewhere in the region.
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The catalyst was the Yo Gotti music video shoot down in Miami a couple weeks back with Nicki, who Chyna sees as a mentor.
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To shoot down a ballistic missile from North Korea would require a new generation of interceptor, the Block II, which is still in development.
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After years of inaction, we now learn that Russia and China are believed to be developing the ability to shoot down satellites in space.
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That said, National Security Council advisor Gen (ret.) H.R. McMasters said U.S. missile defenses would shoot down any of Pyongyang's missiles headed toward Guam.
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White american savage who is partly a neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe coutrsey of South Africa stupidity.
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Naval destroyers fitted with Aegis missile defense systems can be positioned to shoot down projectiles, but the system is far from perfect, Zhao said.
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The system includes radars and missile-launchers and can shoot down airplanes, helicopters, drones, and even incoming precision-guided munitions (PGMs) like cruise missiles.
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He has said he will principally use the money not to hunt down illegal ballots, but to shoot down unfounded rumors of election theft.
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As a result, they said, he told Georgescu that FARC was seeking weapons to shoot down American helicopters to protect its cocaine trafficking operations.
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Iran announced Tuesday that some individuals believed to be responsible for the Iranian shoot-down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 have been arrested.
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Iran&aposs foreign minister blamed "US adventurism" for causing the Iranian military to shoot down a Ukrainian passenger plane with 176 people on board.
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They are not going to be really directly involved in the making of the cases, and the trying to shoot down of the cases.
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Hypersonic weapons fly extremely fast and can maneuver along unpredictable trajectories, making them incredibly difficult for current systems to track, much less shoot down.
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But Russian (and American) scientists knew early on that SDI, which sought to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles with lasers, was a pipe dream.
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Trump said at the time that he would sign whatever bill Congress sent him only to shoot down a bipartisan proposal two days later.
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Local broadcaster NHK said Japan took no action to shoot down the missile, which later broke into three pieces and fell into the sea.
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Given all of this, it should make us nervous that in recent years China has demonstrated the ability to shoot down satellites with missiles.
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Before Tuesday's shoot-down there was an escalation of the Syrian fighting close to the Golan, Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus said.
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FYI -- Khloe seemed to shoot down the rumors the two were dating ... but still good to know you got the green light, right Odell?
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In the most contentious proposal, the report embraced Reagan's Star Wars plan of putting weapons in space to shoot down enemy missiles during ascent.
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Some of them had already acquired the skills to shoot down rockets and operate tanks while serving as American soldiers in the Middle East.
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North Korea's foreign minister warned Monday that Pyongyang had every right to shoot down U.S. bombers even if they don't infringe North Korean airspace.
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China, for example, recently proposed far-fetched laser-armed satellite to remove space junk, while also demonstrating its ability to shoot down missiles in space.
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And it's a not-so-subtle message to North Korea that the US is ready to shoot down any object that may threaten US airspace.
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North Korea boosted defenses on its east coast, a South Korean lawmaker said, following Pyongyang's threat to shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the peninsula.
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A ballistic missile defense interceptor produced by the government's Defence Research and Development Organisation was used to shoot down the satellite, the foreign ministry said.
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Today, Ri responded by claiming North Korea has the right to shoot down any US bombers even if they're not in his country's airspace. Why?
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But the military didn't shoot down all of Trump's requests: Each of the five branches of the military will conduct flyovers during the inaugural parade.
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Sater reported that jihadists were hiding in a hut outside Bagram Air Base and planned to shoot down Powell's plane during a January 2002 visit.
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Three months earlier, Reagan had delivered his "Star Wars" speech, imploring scientists to build laser weapons that could shoot down Soviet missiles in outer space.
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After listing John Travolta, Richard Gere, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford, Cohen waited for Winger to answer only for her to shoot down the question.
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In the docs, prosecutors shoot down any claim of police misconduct ... saying Cuba's attorneys misrepresented the police report and NYPD's initial investigation of the case.
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Two months later, Russia threatened to shoot down missiles that Trump ordered launched at Assad's forces as punishment for the dictator's alleged chemical weapons use.
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The problem: A WH official floated the idea of the Saudis buying a radar system that could detect and shoot down ballistic missiles, NYT notes.
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The US Navy has tracked previous North Korean missile launches with Aegis, which can shoot down ballistic missiles like those North Korea has been testing.
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The Guardian on Tuesday reported that U.S. is considering a possible strategy to shoot down future North Korean missile tests as a show of strength.
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" Cooper, meanwhile, asserted that Turner last year tried to shoot down a plan for a space force, claiming "he's trying to oppose us this year.
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Oklahoma is considering a law granting a property owner the authority to shoot down a drone if it is flying over his or her property.
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The Treasury secretary said the House bill is "workable and comprehensive," and sought to shoot down some lingering concerns from the left about the package.
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It said it expected the United States to now undertake an investigation into the shoot-down, to share the results, and to take corrective measures.
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Experts said these missiles could be used not only to shoot down North Korean missiles, but also to deter China from invading the disputed islands.
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The Trump administration is proposing an illusory "space shield" that falsely purports to be able to shoot down any and all missiles Russia might launch.
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In January, within weeks of taking office, Mr. Macri declared an emergency that allowed military forces to shoot down unidentified planes suspected of drug trafficking.
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" The comment comes after Trump on Thursday followed up on his assertion that "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
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Russia and China are building anti-satellite weapons that could shoot down American satellites within two or three years, according to the U.S. intelligence community.
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"The S-400 is a Russian system designed to shoot down an aircraft like the F-35," said Wheelbarger, an acting assistant secretary of defense.
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has threatened to shoot down passenger planes that fly into the new Stepanakert airport; the airport has yet to open.
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Around that time, another visitor to the conference room informed us that the president had ordered the military to intercept and shoot down UA 93.
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One such version suggested that it was a failed attempt to shoot down President Vladimir V. Putin's jet, which was aloft at the same time.
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At least in theory, that is enough time to alert the operations center two floors above and alert the military to shoot down the missile.
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"It is time for Russia to cease its lies and account for its role in the shoot down," spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
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Promising a thorough investigation into last week's accidental shoot-down of a Ukrainian airliner, Iran said Tuesday it had begun making arrests in the case.
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Russia immediately blamed Ukraine, while Ukraine claimed the pro-Russian separatists used equipment from Russia to shoot down the plane that killed almost 300 people.
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If they did, missiles on ships in the Pacific, or other land-based missiles, could be launched to try to shoot down an incoming missile.
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" Ever cautious, she didn't completely shoot down the potential change either, saying "we would want to work very closely on how this would be enacted.
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Able to divert, force to land or potentially even shoot down combat aircraft, NATO says its so-called air policing is not directed at Russia.
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Meanwhile, Russia is threatening to shoot down US planes in Syria and continues to wage war on Ukraine, the bloodiest European war since the 1990s.
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Officials are also prepping anti-drone artillery, including radio signal-jamming guns, which cause pilots to lose control, and shotguns specifically designed to shoot down drones.
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Sidebar: How to strategically shoot down big ideas Wonder if an idea seems too big so your superiors see how much you care about company resources.
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He has also handed a victory to a US enemy -- Iran -- by showing that it could shoot down a sophisticated $110 million military asset with impunity.
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Euron, decked out in a Joy Division-inspired outfit, uses a souped-up scorpion to shoot down Rhaegal (+150 dragon-killing points, +25 for named character).
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In a 2014 email shared with BuzzFeed News, she described the incident to her own employer in order to shoot down a proposed collaboration with Tyson.
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Last year the Syrian government said rebels had used one to shoot down a jet, but insurgents said they had downed it with anti-aircraft guns.
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The guerillas said they wanted to shoot down US planes and helicopters sent to help the Colombian government in its half-century-long fight against them.
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It's also receiving a Russian system that was designed to shoot down advanced aircraft, and could gather valuable intelligence on the F-35 and its weaknesses.
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Defenses THAAD is designed to shoot down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in the latter stages of their flight as they plunge toward their targets.
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The system is designed to shoot down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in the latter stages of their flight as they plunge toward their targets.
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February 21, 1973 - Israeli fighters shoot down a Libyan Arab Airlines plane after it strays into the airspace of the Sinai Peninsula, then under Israeli control.
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During Wednesday's earnings call, when analyst Toni Sacconaghi asked about the idea of a prime subscription, Apple CEO Tim Cook did not shoot down the idea.
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Responding to reports he wanted Japan to shoot down a North Korean missile that passed over its territory, Trump said the country should be protecting itself.
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It's a lot easier to shoot down from there —— TRUMP: We've had them there for a long time, and now they're practically obsolete, in all fairness.
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The U.S. should harness all the resources of this nation to create a robust missile defense system that can shoot down multiple ICBMs from North Korea.
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Japan ordered naval destroyers and Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries to be ready to shoot down any projectile heading for the country, state broadcaster NHK said.
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Every time the electrons change direction, they let out high-powered x-rays that shoot down a beam pipe where the poop awaits its close-up.
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It's also threatening to detonate a nuclear weapon in the Pacific and shoot down U.S. planes that fly north — even if they're out of DPRK airspace.
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President Trump and James Comey's blood feud is just getting started, because POTUS says he's willing to shoot down the ex-FBI Director's testimony ... under oath.
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"If the regime continues bombing in close proximity to U.S. forces, then simply I think the United States will shoot down the regime aircraft," Itani said.
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Sweden, whose existing air defense system cannot shoot down ballistic missiles, will buy four Patriot firing units and an undisclosed number of missiles, Swedish radio said.
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Following the shoot down of a US drone in 2011, Mattis (then head of US Central Command) wanted a strong, direct response to the Iranian military.
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THAAD, designed to shoot down short- to medium-range missiles, has also angered China which believes the system's radar could be used to penetrate its territory.
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Trump's response to the health crisis has garnered criticism, particularly the way he used the outbreak as a political point to shoot down his Democratic foes.
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The system — Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad — can be used to shoot down ballistic missiles, the type the North has been condemned for testing.
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The tweet comes after Russia's ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, told a Hezbollah-controlled TV station that Russian air defenses would shoot down any incoming missiles.
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Shooting down a missile In terms of military options, one scenario for the United States would be to shoot down the next missile North Korea launches.
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The identities of those arrested were not clear Tuesday, but it is possible they are IRGC troops and officers whose errors led to the shoot-down.
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It's the second time in as many months that the White House has had to publicly shoot down rumors that it was considering a carbon tax.
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McConnell needs just 51 votes from senators to approve the resolution setting the ground rules, which would shoot down any attempts by Democrats to include witnesses.
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He said he had heard rumblings about people wanting to shoot down a drone, and had urged residents to report the sightings to law enforcement instead.
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It could come as a security crisis out of the Mideast, a prospect underscored by this week's Syrian shoot-down of a Russian military reconnaissance plane.
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This is inadequate for confident shoot down capability for anything more than one small salvo of single warhead incoming missiles, probably less than 10 including decoys.
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This, combined Japan's decision to acquire additional Aegis destroyers from the United States, will improve early shoot down probability of missiles headed toward the United States.
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Would the United States really be willing to shoot down a Russian plane to protect Syrians in a no-fly zone created by America and its allies?
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The United States and South Korea field Patriot and THAAD missile batteries designed to shoot down various ballistic and cruise missiles, but their capabilities have been disputed.
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Sidebar: How to strategically shoot down small ideas Wonder if an idea seems too small so your colleagues see you as a big thinker and a gamechanger.
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Last month, Syrian rebels denied a Russian Defence Ministry report that an anti-aircraft missile had been used to shoot down a Syrian warplane in Hama province.
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When it's all over, a government official thanks the volunteers and promises the Japanese armed forces will do all they can to shoot down North Korean missiles.
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But in the absence of solutions, and with emerging countries like China and India having developed the ability to shoot down satellites, it has only got worse.
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Each can shoot down to -6EV in low light or -3EV in low light and low contrast scenes (if you're using an f/1.4 lens like Panasonic).
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Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to shoot down claims that President Trump's NASA bill, signed Tuesday, will help make his SpaceX's mission to Mars a reality.
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Rather than shoot down U.S. missiles, Russia appears to have simply decided to say it had done so, further muddying the waters of already fraught international discourse.
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U.S. authorities will soon have the authority to shoot down private drones if they are considered a threat — a move decried by civil liberties and rights groups.
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Another more risky option is to use US warships equipped with the Aegis anti-missile system to shoot down any future North Korean missile tests, Layton said.
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Analysts said at the time that the carrier group's purpose could be to shoot down "some number" of ballistic missiles if they were fired by North Korea.
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Missile defense spending has been one of the most contentious fights over the Pentagon budget, as efforts to shoot down incoming missiles have a checkered track record.
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While conventional weapons could be used to shoot down a drone, other countermeasures include non-kinetic methods like the use of radio waves to disrupt drone flight.
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The United Nations has for years failed to make crucial decisions in resolving the Syrian conflict as Russia repeatedly used its veto power to shoot down resolutions.
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Made by the U.S. Army, THAAD is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles, just the type of weapons North Korea claims it has.
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When she was pressed, the actress didn't shoot down the possibility of a romance and instead admitted that she is spending a lot of time with Assange.
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Existing ships have already started carrying a sea-borne version of the U.S.-Israeli Iron Dome defense system, which can shoot down rockets fired at gas platforms.
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" On CBS This Morning, Buting, along with lawyer Dean Strang, who was part of Avery's defense team, continued to shoot down Kratz's claims, which he calls "insecure.
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Trump, responding to reports he wanted Japan to shoot down a North Korean missile that passed over its territory, said Monday the country should be protecting itself.
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A team of international prosecutors said the missile system used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years ago was trucked in from Russia.
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But F.H. Buckley, the author of the piece in question, was quick to shoot down the idea that Trump Jr. improperly claimed the words as his own.
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After Russia's ambassador in Lebanon warned that Moscow could shoot down US cruise missiles and retaliate against launch sites -- possibly US ships and submarines -- Trump hit back.
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Ri Yong Ho then issued a threat of his own, warning that the regime would shoot down US bombers even if they don't infringe North Korean airspace.
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But Johnson on Thursday tried to shoot down allegations from some conservative websites that the department is trying to mount a "federal takeover" of the election process.
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Trump began using the phrase during his presidential bid to shoot down news reports about him and his campaign, and has continued using it during his administration.
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During his visit to Tokyo, Mr. Pence inspected a Japanese Patriot antimissile battery, which would be used to try to shoot down an incoming North Korean missile.
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In 2012, Indian scientists announced they had the capability to shoot down a satellite but that it would take 24 months to prepare for such a test.
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A United States intelligence assessment of threats in February warned that Russia and China will be able to shoot down American satellites within two to three years.
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Jerusalem (CNN)The leader of Hezbollah has vowed to shoot down any Israeli drones that enter into Lebanese airspace, after two drones reportedly crashed in Beirut, Sunday.
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They have included declarations that the North might conduct an atmospheric nuclear test and that it had the right to shoot down American warplanes in international waters.
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He had to learn that a twenty something-year-old shouldn't really shoot down the plans of older, senior people and point out everything wrong with them.
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North Korea's foreign minister on Monday accused President Donald Trump of declaring war, saying that gives the rogue regime the right to shoot down U.S. strategic bombers.
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North Korea accuses US of declaring war, says it has right to shoot down bombers Here's what we know about the Republican tax reform plan so far
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The war of words with North Korea North Korea's foreign minister accused President Trump of declaring war on his country, and threatened to shoot down US planes.
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And even if it works under such stress, there just simply aren't enough THAAD batteries to shoot down all of the missiles North Korea could lob south.
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Mike Rogers of Alabama and Sam Graves of Missouri argues that the DHS plan "goes far beyond" the authority provided by Congress to take measures to combat the threat from drones in the US. DHS had asked Congress for shoot-down authority over federal assets and is now "trying to use some loophole" to shoot down drones near airports, which is "well beyond the current authorities," said a congressional staffer.
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Trump has suggested that he backed off a military strike against Iran because he was not sure the country's top leadership had intended to shoot down the drone.
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Before you jump to any conclusions, the answer is no; competitive air ballooning doesn't involve trying to shoot down other balloons and knock them out of the sky.
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But the only one designed to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, aimed at the U.S., like those North Korea has been building, is the Alaska system.
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A failure to shoot down a North Korean missile could be incredibly embarrassing, leaving the U.S. and Japan with less leverage to deal with the threat than ever.
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Now the US is racing to beef up its missile defense systems, with Trump's budgets including hefty requests for more weapons intended to shoot down North Korean missiles.
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Chris Christie of New Jersey has said he would shoot down Russian planes, engage with the dead king of Jordan and bar refugees, including orphaned Syrian toddlers. Gov.
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Though such weapons have yet to achieve their designers' intentions of being able to shoot down crewed aircraft, they have been tested extensively and successfully against target drones.
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After all, the ACLU argues, the government might decide to shoot down a drone that's, say, broadcasting news that it doesn't like under the guise of national security.
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Both sources said Washington is seeking to use a system such as the Aegis missile-defense aboard a U.S. navy destroyer to shoot down a potential missile test.
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The country's Air Self-Defense Force will test its Lockheed Martin-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), designed to shoot down missiles, at four bases in Tokyo.
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The US military is proposing to send stealth fighters into North Korea to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles and stop a possible nuclear attack on the United States.
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It is no longer acceptable for black leaders and white liberals to remind America of stereotypes in order to shoot down tough questions the black community must answer.
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The Beard has so many shooters to pick from along the arc, there isn't a team in the Association the Rockets don't have the firepower to shoot down.
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The country's Air Self-Defense Force will test its Lockheed Martin-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-85033), designed to shoot down missiles, at four bases in Tokyo.
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Two Patriot systems, which are used to shoot down missiles and planes, will be redeployed from Kuwait, and one each from Jordan and Bahrain, the U.S. official said.
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Privorozki also said that while the gunman tried to shoot down the door, as many as 80 people inside the temple "carried on" with their Yom Kippur worship.
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Putin also floated the possibility of a referendum to determine whether Crimea would be part of Ukraine and Russia, an idea the administration did not immediately shoot down.
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The flying laser system was designed to shoot down enemy missiles but had mixed success, and the Pentagon pulled the plug on the $5 billion program in 2011.
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Those contradictions entered the spotlight once again on Tuesday, when the president appeared to shoot down his staffers' arguments that his tweets do not amount to definitive statements.
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Some Republicans attending the meeting with Ryan did not shoot down the possibility that legislation could put others already in the United States illegally onto a citizenship track.
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Even if a team tried to shoot down a player looking to rest, that player could, in turn, say they are dealing with an injury and can't play.
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After the shoot-down, Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended visa-free travel, stopped tour operators from selling Turkish vacation packages, and banned charter flights from Russia to Turkey.
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If they congregate near the bladder, urinating hurts; near the sciatic nerve, pain can shoot down the legs; inside the lung (a rare event), breathing can be stifled.
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The next month, he announced with great fanfare that India now had the capability to shoot down satellites hurtling through space, which only a few countries can do.
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Skilled skiers and riders can burn their way down the runs that shoot down from Cerro Escalonado, the highest point in the resort, far above the tree line.
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It's the first time in US history that Congress has voted to terminate a president's national emergency, and Trump is very much set to shoot down the measure.
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Neither the United States nor Japan tried to shoot down the missile, perhaps because it was clear moments after the launching that it was not aimed at land.
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Members of congressional leadership moved quickly Monday to shoot down speculation that Congress could change it schedule — or shut down the Capitol altogether — over concerns about the coronavirus.
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it successfully used its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to shoot down an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
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Everyone who initially thought, "oh, just a giant bug" was in for a rude awakening when they discovered they can communicate telepathically and shoot down spaceships in orbit.
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McConnell will need, and appears to have, the 51 votes to shoot down any attempt by Democrats to change the language of a rules resolution to include witness.
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Throughout the debates, Christie distinguished himself as a strong hawk on foreign policy, going so far as to promise to shoot down Russian planes in a 2015 debate.
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Aegis warships from the US, South Korea and Japan began exercises Tuesday to improve their capability to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles, the US Navy said in a statement.
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That same year, he handed intelligence to American officials that Afghan leaders wanted to sell Stinger missiles, an effective weapon used to shoot down aircraft, according to BuzzFeed News.
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He witnesses a pilot crash into a tree and a stranger shoot down the town's cell phone tower, all before getting shot in the shoulder with a stray bullet.
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The THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, system is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, such as those North Korea claims to own.
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The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles, just the type of weapons North Korea claims it has.
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Photo: GettyLaw enforcement could soon be able to shoot down citizen drones, thanks to a new bill that will likely be signed into law by Donald Trump within days.
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The THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, such as those North Korea claims to own.
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North Korea had previously threatened to shoot down US warplanes and Trump has said the US would "totally destroy" North Korea if it threatened the US or its allies.
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And it isn't like our good friends Russia and China aren't working on their own technology to shoot down satellites in orbit and otherwise project power beyond our atmosphere.
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The likely reason the administration wants to invoke the loophole is not that an emergency exists, then, but that Trump officials fear lawmakers might shoot down the arms sale.
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The short-range element of Aegis is a Dalek-like, rapid-fire cannon called Phalanx, which spits out 75 rounds a second and can shoot down incoming cruise missiles.
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The one exception was her evasion of Wallace's very good question about whether she'd shoot down Russian planes in Syria as part of her proposed no-fly zone there.
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The radar system, designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, would be added to the list of Saudi requests that also includes U.S. built planes, ships and precision-guided bombs.
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The Israeli military responded with airstrikes targeting about 50 Iranian military sites in Syria, as well as Syrian anti-aircraft units that unsuccessfully attempted to shoot down Israeli planes.
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Mattis confirmed that policy on Monday, saying it would not shoot down a North Korean missile unless it poses a direct threat to the United States or its allies.
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The White House regularly tries to shoot down unfavorable news reports about President Donald Trump, but former FBI chief James Comey appears set to back up some of them.
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Prince's family and friends were quick to shoot down reports that the late singer's hologram would make an appearance during Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl LII halftime show on Sunday.
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A Syrian news agency said that the country's air strike defenses confronted the incoming attack on the base and managed to shoot down eight missiles, The Associated Press reported.
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THAAD can shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles at incredible speed and altitude, and has been used by the U.S. for years to protect its military units.
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"The greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," said Lt. Col.
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"The greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," Pickart told CNN.
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But now, scientists have become more organized in their efforts to shoot down the idea, conducting a peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Letters that debunks chemtrails supporters' claims.
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A senior Russian official on Tuesday threatened to shoot down any U.S. missile that entered Syrian airspace amid rumors that Washington may take military action over the chemical attack.
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His two tweets, taken together, amount to a both schoolyard taunt and a request to work together: Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
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The bottom line: Cafarella says if Trump chooses option number 3, Russia, Iran, and Assad might limit their response to attempting to shoot down the U.S. missiles or aircraft.
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It's unlikely trained U.S. sailors would shoot down a jet, but experts say Russian pilots are playing a dangerous cat-and-mouse game where any mistake could be fatal.
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An international team of prosecutors concluded that a surface-to-air missile system used to shoot down the jetliner came from Russian territory and was returned to Russia afterward.
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But during a final meeting, a US official brought up the possibility of adding a "sophisticated radar system designed to shoot down ballistic missiles" to the Saudis' shopping list.
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But that's something EU leaders have been quick to shoot down, as no one in the EU leadership is interested in seeing other secessionist movements challenge their central governments.
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The S-235 is the most advanced system produced to date in Russia's quest to defeat stealth technology — the system Russia built to shoot down the F-235 fighters.
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Trump may also shoot down a North Korean missile over international waters; that's less provocative than a strike on North Korean territory, but I'd still expect a military response.
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The Wall Street Journal reported two years later that FTC staff had wanted to pursue an antitrust lawsuit against Google, only to have the commissioners shoot down the idea.
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In the Pacific, the Aegis system is deployed on more than a dozen guided-missile destroyers and cruisers that in theory could shoot down missiles fired by North Korea.
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Mattis said the Pentagon has not attempted to shoot down the two recent missiles, nor any others, because they have not posed a direct threat, The Associated Press reported.
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But Klass said there's risk in attempting to shoot down a missile, mainly that the United States could miss, demonstrating the country's limitations on missile defense and emboldening Kim.
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Authorities blamed increasing tensions between the Islamic republic and the US in the days leading up to the shoot down as one of the main reasons for the crash.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday expressed his administration's support to Iranian protesters outraged over their country's decision to shoot down a passenger jet, killing scores of Iranians on board.
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Two sources at foreign firms, who according to Venezuelan law can only have a maximum stake of 40 percent in joint ventures, said they will shoot down the proposal.
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"The Coalition's greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," he added.
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Prosecutors say the defendants, three Russians and a Ukrainian, helped arrange the Russian missile system used to shoot down MH17, a civilian aircraft, killing all 298 people on board.
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Illegal drug flights are also a common transport method, and the Peruvian government recently reinstated a controversial policy allowing for the shoot-down of planes suspected of carrying drugs.
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THAAD, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, can shoot down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in the latter stages of their flight as they plunge toward their targets.
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Because of that, Perkins said, drones are a commander's problem - because there are a lot of cheaper ways to shoot down a drone than with a giant anti-aircraft missile.
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Prosecutors said the unemployed web designer was in contact with another ISIS terrorist in Syria called "Rapunzel," and sent him information about how to make explosives and shoot down aircrafts.
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Riverdale puts the subtext and fandom of the comics on display, as Betty and Veronica make out within the first episode, only to have Cheryl shoot down their faux-lesbianism.
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In 2009, he was again involved in a counterterrorism investigation, this time involving four men accused of plotting to shoot down military planes and plant bombs in New York synagogues.
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The bottom tier is the already deployed short-range Iron Dome interceptor, while a system called David's Sling, due to be fielded next year, will shoot down mid-range missiles.
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Left and right or throttles for the pilots, depending on seats, and buttons to push to shoot down Tie Fighters or put out fires if those Tie Fighters get missed.
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As a Tuskegee airman, Brown was commander of the elite African-American fighter aircraft squadron, and is credited as the first U.S. pilot to shoot down a German military jet.
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The Turkish leader unexpectedly moved to heal the rift with the Kremlin, writing a letter expressing "regret" to the family of the pilot who was killed in the shoot-down.
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Deterrence has already failed, say others, and hitting the dictator again might provoke a response from Russia, which has threatened to shoot down American missiles and fire at their launchers.
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Mount suggested an attempt to shoot down the missile might be exactly what Kim Jong Un wants, as missing even one projectile would be an embarrassment for the US military.
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The island's Governor, Eddie Calvo, has offered assurances, saying the island is well-protected, including with the THAAD missile defense system, which is specifically designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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Seoul said that it would activate four Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launch pads, the US missile defense system intended to shoot down shorter range missile targeting the South.
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But in response to Crimea annexation, eastern Ukraine aggression and the shoot-down of the Malaysian airliner, Western countries denied Russia access to substantial financing and energy and defense technology.
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Drug trafficking from Peruvian ports is believed to have risen since a new law authorizing the military to shoot down drug-smuggling aircraft in the jungle was passed in 2015.
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The British pound gave up some of the gains after Germany appeared to shoot down the report and said it is preparing for all Brexit scenarios, including a no-deal.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan did not take action to shoot down a rocket launched by North Korea on Sunday, though it flew over Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said.
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Anti-missile system THAAD is designed to shoot down incoming short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles that threaten civilian populations, just the type of weapons North Korea claims it has.
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On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces used two surface-to-air missiles to shoot down a Syrian fighter jet that strayed two kilometers into Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights.
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Dutch Chief Prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said the suspects were believed to be responsible for bringing a Russian-made missile into eastern Ukraine "with the aim to shoot down an airplane".
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Under normal circumstances, the Republicans would simply have mustered the requisite 32 votes to shoot down any so-called hostile amendment that the Democrats tried to force to the floor.
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C.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a member of Senate leadership, held another press conference Friday to defend President Donald Trump and shoot down arguments from the House impeachment managers.
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South Korea and Japan have put their militaries on standby to shoot down the rocket, or its parts, if they go off course and threaten to crash on their territory.
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Finally, the air base may be defended by older, shorter-range Patriot missile batteries, the most advanced of which — the Patriot PAC-3 — can also shoot down slower ballistic missiles.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state television said on Thursday Turkish military specialists in Syria's Idlib region were using shoulder-fired missiles to try to shoot down Russian and Syrian military aircraft.
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An Israeli start-up says it has successfully pioneered a laser weapon to shoot down the explosive-laden helium balloons that Hamas has been sending over the border since 2018.
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Exceeding the Soviet Union's air-defense ceiling, the U-29 brought back photographs of distant, tiny Russian MiGs unsuccessfully trying to intercept and shoot down the high-flying spy plane.
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Global Times reported that this type of airborne laser weapon could be a tool for aerial interception to take down incoming missiles or shoot down hostile aircraft in a dogfight.
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Experts say the U.S. also has the capability to shoot down multiple drones as well as electronic warfare and advanced jamming technology to target or take control of enemy UAVs.
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A Republican Virginia state senator said her ad claiming she's "not afraid to shoot down gun groups" was a mistake and not the ad she and her staff had approved.
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This all but guarantees the pair can approve or shoot down major decisions at the company, regardless of whether they hold executive positions at Google, Alphabet or nowhere at all.
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Other Gossip: • Interesting to watch Ian gently shoot down Jamie's assumption that the Cherokee will be happy to go two months out of their way to guide the Frasers north.
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In response, there's been renewed talk about the US ignoring objections from China and putting interceptor missiles in South Korea that could shoot down any ballistic missiles launched by Pyongyang.
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Extending the range of THAAD substantially would give those air defense batteries the capability to shoot down anything coming out of China and keep tabs on anything flying over China.
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The Trump administration also said Iran was responsible for using limpet mines on at least one vessel and trying to shoot down a US military drone (Iran also denies this).
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To shoot down the obvious, oft-made comparison, former superhero and current renaissance man John Cena wins 58 percent of his pay-per-view matches and 77 percent of everything.
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Kuehn said the presence of US technology like the ship-based Aegis anti-missile system, which can shoot down ballistic missiles, in Japan's fleet makes it a force hard to counter.
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Bernard Chenebault, president of Amis du Palais de Tokyo (Friends of Palais de Tokyo) in Paris, called Thunberg a "madwoman" who "we must shoot down" in a Facebook post on Sunday.
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The US Air Force recently conducted a successful test with a system called the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), which it used to shoot down several missiles in flight.
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Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), which handles military logistics, began negotiations over Patriot in November last year aiming to replace the current air defense system which cannot shoot down ballistic missiles.
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In the days after the travel ban was announced, Chadian diplomats had to shoot down heavily trafficked rumors on social media that the US embassy in its capital, N'djamena, was closing.
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On Tuesday night, Russia's ambassador to Lebanon said the Russian military could shoot down any missiles launched at Syria, and even retaliate against the planes or ships that fire the weapons.
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Families were also told that the Buk missile system that was used to shoot down the plane had been transported from Russia into Ukraine, and was returned to Russia immediately afterward.
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"I never really had time to think about the fact that I was going back to Baghdad where just the day before I had escaped a possible shoot down," she said.
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Mr Putin said the weapons were a response to America's withdrawal in 2002 from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which limited the development of defences that could shoot down ballistic missiles.
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Pyongyang's accusation, coupled with a threat to shoot down American warplanes flying near North Korean airspace, came six days after Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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But US officials say they may be misreading US capabilities -- the US has other assets in the region, mainly Navy ships that could shoot down the missiles as well as THAAD.
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It was the second in two weeks to shoot down parts of a sweeping reform he began in 2014 to modernize and make more money out of Italy's vast cultural heritage.
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In an unusual move, the SEC commissioners are reviewing the approval that came from staff members and could shoot down the funds, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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The system uses small interceptor missiles to shoot down incoming threats and, according to Israeli and U.S. officials, has had a 90 percent success rate in engagements on the Gaza border.
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Open eyes and ears Flanked by two Patriot missile batteries -- another missile defense system designed to shoot down incoming projectiles -- Harris spoke Tuesday at Osan Air Base just south of Seoul.
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Tehran denied the accusation, though it did seize oil tankers and shoot down an American military surveillance drone in June that brought the United States to the brink of launching strikes.
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The United States Embassy in Islamabad is looking into reports that Pakistan used U.S.-built F-85033 jets to shoot down an Indian warplane, a spokesperson for the embassy said Sunday.
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The system, which has been operational since 2004 and has cost about $40 billion, is designed to shoot down an incoming ICBM with interceptors launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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Starboard's immediate goal is to muster enough Bristol-Myers shareholder support to shoot down the company's $74 billion deal to acquire biotech Celgene, the New York-based fund said on Thursday.
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TH: So while we're doing a little myth-busting, are there any other especially bad pieces of money advice that have seeped into the public consciousness you'd like to shoot down?
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Fleets of fighters cannot simply be relocated permanently to inland bases, experts say, because vast, empty training areas are needed where pilots can safely fire missiles and shoot down target drones.
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The ensuing weeks have seen Iran fire a salvo of missiles against US forces in Iraq, and on the same day accidentally shoot down a Ukrainian airliner taking off from Tehran.
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"This House ethics drama was an absolute gift to Donald Trump — a big, fat zeppelin for him to shoot down," David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, said on Twitter.
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So far, Iran has avoided attacking American soldiers, bases and ships, but it did shoot down in June a $130 million American surveillance drone it claimed was flying over Iranian waters.
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The British pound, which rose on optimism about the chances of a Brexit deal following a Bloomberg report on Wednesday, added to gains despite Germany appearing to shoot down the report.
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An U.S. Air Force general on Tuesday said Iran has continually intercepted U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, after Iranian forces threatened to shoot down two Navy planes over the weekend.
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Turkey had sent its military chief to Moscow on Thursday to seek approval for an air campaign in Afrin, although Damascus warned it could shoot down any Turkish planes in its skies.
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Speaking to NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter called it a "serious threat" and said the US would shoot down any missile aimed at it or an ally.
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In July, then South Korean President Park Geun-hye agreed to host a American defense technology system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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There is talk of urging the Americans to shoot down the missiles North Korea keeps testing in breach of UN sanctions, despite the risks to the South of retaliation from the North.
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Regarding Iran, the accidental shoot down of the Ukrainian Airlines 752 on January 8, and the regime's initial efforts to conceal its responsibility, have provided a new opportunity in Iran and internationally.
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Zwack continued serving in the region after Vindman completed his tour, and he assisted with the US responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot down.
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Earlier this year Peru passed a law allowing the military to shoot down planes suspected of carrying drugs, a blow to traffickers who now struggle to find alternate smuggling routes, said Otarola.
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Developed by cadets at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, the 5GAT is supposed to be a kind of inexpensive "clay pigeon" for fighter pilots to shoot down during exercises.
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and Japan have vowed to shoot down any debris that falls on their territories from a long-range rocket that North Korea plans to fire this month.
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One is to shoot down missiles in their "boost phase" as they take off, when they are slower and harder to disguise, rather than above the atmosphere as GMD aims to do.
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In a new allegation Saturday, the U.S. military accused Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops of trying but failing to shoot down a U.S. drone to disrupt surveillance of the tankers during the attacks.
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Hong Kong (CNN)The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles, just the type of weapons North Korea claims it has.
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But even a normally cautious Draghi will be unlikely to shoot down market expectations for the ECB to end bond purchases after the scheme, already extended several times, runs out in September.
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Secretary of Defense Mattis has already warned Pyongyang that the U.S. would seek to shoot down any missile landing close to Guam, thereby denying North Korea the means to reach U.S. soil.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the downing not as an isolate incident, but as Turkey's attempt to shoot down his lofty ambitions to cast Russia as a superpower in the Middle East.
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Logic and his estranged wife, social media star and singer Jessica Andrea, want to shoot down rumors about why they're calling it quits -- and insist it wasn't the result of anything nasty.
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If the United States can't shoot down a North Korean missile, end their program by a military strike, or get China and Russia onboard for stiffer international sanctions, what can it do?
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Starboard's immediate goal is to muster enough Bristol-Myers shareholder support to shoot down the company's $74 billion deal to acquire biotech Celgene Corp, the New York-based fund said on Thursday.
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The United States has invested billions of dollars in these systems in the hope that they would be able to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles in the event of a conflict.
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Mr Carter is particularly excited about all kinds of "swarming autonomous vehicles" to overwhelm opponents and inexpensive "hypervelocity smart projectiles" that can be fired from existing artillery to shoot down incoming missiles.
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Space defense still far off: One such difference was the highly talked up space-based missile defense layer, or the idea of using earth-orbiting interceptors to track and shoot down missiles.
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He also called for China to take action, adding that it is "highly likely" that the Iran capabilities that were used to shoot down the U.S. drone were purchased from the country.
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In August, the Pentagon was given the mandate to pursue more options for defeating U.S.-bound North Korean missiles by using radar and more missiles to spot and shoot down inbound threats.
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Chemical lasers can pack a big punch in terms of firepower and shoot down ballistic missiles but are considered impractical and rely on large chemical tanks that can be hazardous in accidents.
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WASHINGTON and MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan has formally expressed interest in joining the F-35 program as a full partner, but the Pentagon plans to shoot down that request, Defense News has learned.
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THAAD's success rate in testing is far higher than the one for America's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which is designed to shoot down an ICBM headed for the U.S. mainland.
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In August the Pentagon was given the mandate to pursue more options for defeating U.S.-bound North Korean missiles by using radar and more missiles to spot and shoot down inbound threats.
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The F-35 was never built or intended to be a pure air superiority fighter; it's a multi-role aircraft that can shoot down other planes, but it doesn't specialize in it.
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You might remember ... Barnes told TMZ Sports he and Rihanna were hanging out -- and could be a thing -- only to have her viciously and publicly shoot down his claims on social media.
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If the United States were to decide to intercept the missiles, it would be the first test of its missile defense system's ability to shoot down actual missiles from an enemy state.
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Options discussed among some in Trump's circle include using U.S. missile defenses to shoot down the next ballistic missile test or take out launchers and testing facilities on the North Korean peninsula.
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American military officials expressed concern during a video conference call about Moscow's possible reaction to a strike on Syrian facilities — particularly in light of Russian threats to shoot down incoming cruise missiles.
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MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russian state television said on Thursday Turkish military specialists in Syria's Idlib region were using shoulder-fired missiles to try to shoot down Russian and Syrian military aircraft.
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"As the drone technology gets harder to shoot down, the counter drone technology gets more advanced and more capable that in turn will drive further advances in drone technology itself," Michel said.
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Israel destroyed dozens of Iranian military sites in Syria, as well as Syrian anti-aircraft units that tried unsuccessfully to shoot down Israeli planes, Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus said.
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If there's a moment where you can be a b---- or be gracious, where you can denigrate or congratulate, where you can shoot down or lift up, for heaven's sake, do the latter.
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"White American savage who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity," read the June 2018 tweet, posted by Africa Digest.
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Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday reiterated President Donald Trump's claim that there are doubts the order to shoot down a US drone by Iran was made at the highest levels.
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Qasem Soleimani led to the deaths of many more innocent Iranians, first in a stampede at a funeral procession and then in the shocking shoot-down of a Ukrainian commercial flight leaving Tehran.
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First, appropriate authorities would have to be given to American fighter jet pilots to shoot down planes defying the no-fly zone, including possibly Russian planes that are also conducting airstrikes in Syria.
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The code breakers' work enabled the U.S. to shoot down a plane carrying the commander of the Japanese Navy, and that targeted wartime killing later contributed to his misgivings about the death penalty.
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That CNN would go on the record to shoot down any speculation that Spicer would join the network is a telling example of the tense relationship between the network and the White House.
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It isn't possible to shoot down an asteroid, so if worse comes to worst, NASA would work with FEMA to plan an emergency response similar to how the government handles hurricanes or earthquakes.
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NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Investigators have collected enough evidence to show that Russia provided the missile launcher used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, they said on Wednesday.
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The firing involved a SM-3 Block IIA missile that's built for the Aegis Missile Defense system, which is used to shoot down medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles from ships at sea.
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The Democratic centrists who ran from McGovernism, and who ridiculed Bernie Sanders for advocating a free college education for all Americans, will do their best to shoot down any plan for guaranteed jobs.
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Back in 1983, when Reagan first proposed a missile defense system, the idea of using lasers, microwaves, and particle beams to shoot down incoming missiles sounded like something straight out of science fiction.
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Beijing was strongly opposed to South Korea's deployment of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, a defensive weapon designed to shoot down ballistic missiles before they can cause damage.
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Moscow accused the United States of failing to honor the pact by not informing it of the decision to shoot down the Syrian plane despite Russian aircraft being airborne at the same time.
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The US Army is turning up the power on its plans for a high-energy laser to shoot down everything from rockets and mortars to even "more stressing threats," the service recently revealed.
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Russia, the Syrian regime's most powerful ally, has denied a chemical attack took place and warned it would shoot down any US missiles fired over Syria, raising concerns of a US-Russia confrontation.
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While Draghi did not shoot down those expectations, he also argued that inflation has yet to show convincing signs of a sustained rise, a message also aimed at tempering expectations for policy tightening.
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This followed previous taunts calling Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man," which led North Korea to state that it reserves the right to "shoot down U.S. strategic bombers," even outside of North Korea's airspace.
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Likewise, any effort to impose limits on nuclear delivery vehicles requires the Pentagon to first develop credible capabilities in preparation for a possible shoot-down of future Iranian tests of nuclear-capable missiles.
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Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said Tuesday that the Russian military could shoot down any missiles the US launched at Syria, adding that Russia could shoot back at American planes or ships.
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After the two countries' showdown over Kashmir — and just two weeks before Indian elections were to begin — Mr. Modi announced that India had successfully used a missile to shoot down an old satellite.
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Rumors of its fate included a natural disaster, Ukrainians trying to assassinate President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and a lost and confused World War II battalion emerging to shoot down the plane.
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The defense ministry also wants 116.3 billion yen to bolster ballistic missile defenses (BMD), including money for a new generation of interceptor missiles designed by Raytheon to shoot down incoming warheads in space.
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The defense ministry also wants 116.3 billion yen to bolster ballistic missile defenses (BMD), including money for a new generation of interceptor missiles designed by Raytheon to shoot down incoming warheads in space.
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THAAD's success rate in testing is far higher than the one for America's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (GMD), the system specifically designed to shoot down an ICBM headed for the U.S. mainland.
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Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest, said it's "pretty clear" either the United States or Japan would shoot down the missiles if Pyongyang fulfills that threat.
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The U.S. is working to deploy its state of the art Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea in order to quickly shoot down threatening missiles emerging from North Korea.
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Lead prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said international arrest warrants had been issued for four people - three Russians and one Ukrainian - who are suspected of transporting the missile system used to shoot down the plane.
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The former Cleveland QB was leaving The Nice Guy in WeHo Friday night when our photog opened the door for Johnny, to shoot down the rumor or embrace it ... he did the latter.
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Several years later, Hussain posed as a radical militant, helping the government convict four men of plotting to blow up two synagogues and shoot down military planes at an airport in Newburgh, New York.
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Not only does it prove a country's capability to shoot down potentially hostile satellites, but similar technology could — in theory — be used to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles that pose a threat to a nation.
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"Subsequent analysis indicates that this was a likely attempt to shoot down or otherwise disrupt the MQ-9 surveillance" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attack Thursday on one of the tankers, Brown said.
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Those small groups are then dispatched to fight off a threat -- using Iron Man-like blasts to shoot down enemies -- which is augmented by a variety of haptic effects, including wind, heat and smell.
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At one point, Mr. Zuckerberg was forced to shoot down a conspiracy theory floated by Gary Peters, Democrat of Michigan, that Facebook listens to users through their microphones in order to serve them ads.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses shot down several targets but did not shoot down an Israeli war plane on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency cited an unnamed Syrian security source as saying on Friday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday.
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The issue remains sensitive because the US does not want to give the impression it would be able to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles that were carrying nuclear warheads, which is what Russia fears.
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After the doctor and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) shoot down her request for chemical inducement, she decides to turn to her hubby Fred in her green house, aka the War Room, for another plan.
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But the fact that a senior party official had to shoot down a climate debate shows just how much more active voters are around climate change in this election, especially compared to previous cycles.
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Committee members unanimously voted to shoot down the complaint by Gary Alejano, a member of a minority block, and will recommend its dismissal by the 292-seat Congress, where Duterte enjoys a super-majority.
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Last month, the 14-times major champion posted a video of himself swinging a golf club in an effort to shoot down recent reports that suggested he had endured setbacks during his rehabilitation process.
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It was more than 20 minutes later before Tillerson's agency released the same terse 44-word statement that echoed the phrasing other administration officials are using to try to shoot down the Post report.
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Iran came close to conflict with the United States last month after the Islamic Republic's unprecedented shoot-down of a U.S. drone with a surface-to-air missile nearly triggered retaliatory strikes by Trump.
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The Pentagon will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental missile for the first time in a test next week, with the goal of preparing for such a strike from North Korea, ABC News reported.
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The sort of interceptor needed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles could breach a Soviet-era arms control agreement between the United States and Russia because of its greater range, arms experts say.
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Those claims included that the C.I.A. filled a drone with bodies and crashed it to discredit Russia, or that Ukrainians were trying to shoot down Mr. Putin's plane but hit the civilian airliner instead.
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But with two recently launched North Korean missiles flying over northern Japan, the potential for having to consider a shoot-down without a direct threat remains very real, according to one senior defense official.
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So the response today should have been, as it was back then, to give people more rights and causes of action to shoot down falsehoods, rather than create a cloaked network of corporate censorship.
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Roggio said that the exact circumstances leading up to the shoot-down remained unclear, but the strong response made it likely that U.S. special forces were with SDF fighters when the Syrian warplane attacked.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters Monday that the United States would be able to determine the destination of any missile within moments of launch and would shoot down missiles aimed at its territory.
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The suggestion that Iran would shoot down a passenger plane was a "Western plot," they said, "psychological warfare" aimed at weakening Iran just as it had exercised its military muscle against the United States.
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Prosecutors investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 said on Thursday they had identified the missile used to shoot down the plane on July 17, 2014, as coming from a Russian military unit.
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Trump has touted Tyson's endorsement while on the stump and had to shoot down rumors that he invited the boxer to speak at the Republican National Convention after Bloomberg Politics reported Tyson would attend.
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The Kurdish region's minister of transport, Mawlood Bowa Morad, accused the Iraqi government of having issued orders to shoot down any airliners that defied its ban on international flights into Erbil or Suleimaniya airports.
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The shoot-down occurred just hours after Iran had launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at military installations housing US and coalition forces in Iraq, and the Iranian military was on high alert.
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Chris Van HollenChristopher (Chris) Van HollenDemocrats shoot down talk of Bolton, Hunter Biden witness swap Schumer blasts GOP votes over witnesses, documents at trial Impeachment trial begins with furor over rules MORE (D-Md.).
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The aim of the program was to develop an anti-ballistic missile system that was designed to shoot down nuclear missiles in space, with potential missile attacks from the Soviet Union specifically in mind.
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The Aegis BMD software may need some updating to help ships closest to ICBM launch sites to shoot down North Korea's ICBMs while their rockets still burn—within a minute or so after launch.
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The fallout from new U.S. sanctions on Moscow have rattled investors and fears of military action were stoked after one of Russia's ambassadors reiterated it would shoot down any U.S. missiles fired at Syria.
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Side effects include blockages & blockades, a block-Head-of-State- Your-business-as-usual, a block-head-strong-arm-of-the-law, A block-head-shot-gun-point-and-shoot, down-fall-out shelters.
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Under pressure from widespread illegal narcotics distribution, Southeast Asia's largest economy has expressed a willingness to let authorities shoot down drug dealers, sparking fears the country could embark on a Philippine-style drug war.
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Schiff also sought to shoot down Republican assertions that the conduct of the president was, in fact, impeachable, swiping at the White House's attempts to stonewall the investigation and Republicans' refusal to condemn it.
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Dutch prosecutors investigating the disaster said earlier on Thursday that a missile system from the 53rd anti-aircraft brigade of the Russian Armed Forces had been used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
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The most vocal critics of Article 68, the evangelical churches, threatened to shoot down the entire constitutional revamp over that single issue in the referendum on the final version scheduled for early next year.
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The drone shoot-down comes as tensions between Iran and the United States have risen since Trump's administration last year quit an international deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and began to ratchet up sanctions.
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He has since been recuperating and in late February he posted a video of himself swinging a golf club in an effort to shoot down reports that suggested he had endured setbacks during his rehabilitation.
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The idea is for the warships to patrol along the coast of North Korea or Iran and shoot down ballistic missiles soon after they launch, when they're still at relatively low altitude and slow velocity.
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The Alaska system, which consists of 44 missile interceptors that would be launched from underground silos to shoot down enemy missiles streaking toward the United States, is not the only element of U.S. missile defense.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a plan that envisages developing space-based sensors to detect incoming enemy missiles and exploring space-based weapons to shoot down missiles before they can threaten U.S. soil.
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Also saying that the U.S. military is prepared to shoot down any missile, which appears to be heading towards U.S. territory, or appears to be heading from the North to any territory of its allies.
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In response, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that North Korea's arms development was a serious threat to the U.S., and that it was prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile launch or test.
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In a reminder of the volatile situation, Netanyahu pointed at an incident earlier Wednesday in which the Israeli military fired a Patriot missile to shoot down a drone that had infiltrated Israeli airspace from Syria.
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In May, Martin took to his website to shoot down a rumor that he had been withholding the next two novels in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series until the HBO show ended.
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The US can't easily shoot down the kind of ICBMs that North Korea has been testing, and the military's complex missile defense system is lagging years behind where its leaders would like it to be.
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Japan's defense minister said Wednesday he issued a missile-shoot-down order and deployed Aegis destroyers and PAC-3 missile defense units to around Tokyo and Okinawa in case debris fall on the Japanese territory.
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Japan's defense minister threatened to shoot down any North Korean rocket that broached Japanese airspace, while South Korean officials declared that North Korea would pay "a severe price" if it went ahead with the launch.
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The fallout from new U.S. sanctions on Moscow continued to rattle investors and fears of military action were stoked after one of Russia's ambassadors reiterated it would shoot down any U.S. missiles fired at Syria.
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The destroyer is able to shoot down warheads in space and will become part of a naval destroyer force that is the first line of U.S. line of defense against missiles shot by North Korea.
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At the same time, Grande was quick to shoot down curious fans who speculated that the singer may be reconciling things with her ex, Ricky Alvarez, after she left a friendly comment on his Instagram.
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It's dashcam footage, supposedly captured by a driver in the town of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine, showing a Russian military convoy on its way to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on July 17, 2014.
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In the past, the South Korean authorities have tried to discourage the balloon campaign when relations with Pyongyang have improved or the North has threatened to fire across the border to shoot down the balloons.
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Democrats only poured fuel on the fire by spending their allotted five minutes helping Pichai shoot down those trumped-up claims, which are hard to prove either way thanks to the company's black box algorithms.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at the time that the behavior of the Russian pilots was provocative and dangerous, adding that "under the rules of engagement that could have been a shoot-down".
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Prosecutors investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 said on Thursday they had identified the missile used to shoot down the plane as coming from a Russian military unit.
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In July, Park's ruling Saenuri party agreed to host the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD), designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, as a counter to the growing sophistication of North Korea's weapons program.
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They also say the ruling Socialist Party has used a pro-government Supreme Court to shoot down nearly every law passed by Congress since the opposition won a two-thirds majority of seats in December.
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"The president got some additional information that the Iranian national leaders were frustrated or furious with the tactical commander who made the decision to shoot down the American drone," General Keane said in an interview.
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In his hunt for Arafat, Sharon almost had the Mossad shoot down a plane of 30 wounded Palestinian children by mistake; he even countenanced the downing of a commercial airliner if Arafat were on it.
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But it was central to the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, which limited the number, type and placement of missiles that the United States and the Soviet Union could deploy to shoot down attacking nuclear missiles.
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One of them was for a management position concerning the terminal high altitude area defense missile system, the same system the U.S. is working to erect in South Korea to shoot down potential missile attacks.
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The issue remains sensitive because the United States does not want to give the impression it would be able to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles that were carrying nuclear warheads, which is what Russia fears.
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He then tried to shoot down the accusation that he sold a "pipe dream" by pointing to growing support for single-payer health care and raising the minimum wage as corollary victories from his campaign.
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NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands June 19 (Reuters) - Investigators have collected enough evidence to show that Russia provided the missile launcher used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, they said on Wednesday.
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Repeat this a couple of times, and soon you'll be at the top of a miniature tower — a nice little bit of protection that will also allow you to peek out and shoot down on enemies.
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Arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis questioned whether U.S. missile defenses could shoot down a test missile, absent a lucky shot, and said destroying North Korea's nuclear and missile programs would be a huge and risky undertaking.
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U.S. forces in Syria have already faced direct threats from Syrian and Iranian-backed forces, leading to the shoot-down of Iranian drones and a Syrian jet last year, as well as to tensions with Russia.
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Moscow has fortified the peninsula with 25,000 troops, numerous ships and subs, as well as its lethal S400 air-to-ground missiles — a weapon which could shoot down multiple NATO jets up to 250 miles away.
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It's like if the Queen's line about "being able to look the East End in the face" during the Blitz came on the heels of her using a Spitfire to shoot down a squadron of Stukas.
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President Trump said in a Twitter post that Iran had made a "very big mistake" in its decision to shoot down the RQ-4A Global Hawk, an unarmed, unmanned but highly advanced high-altitude surveillance aircraft.
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Russian media have suggested at various times that Ukrainian forces were trying to shoot down Mr Putin's plane, or that the CIA, hoping to undermine Russia, had filled the plane with bodies and crashed it intentionally.
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The old Cold War enemies have blamed each other in several UN Security Council meetings on Syria, during which Russia has used its veto power as a permanent member to shoot down resolutions on the conflict.
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A lot has changed since the Stone Age: Back then we used to shoot down mammoths with bows and arrows, and today we sometimes eat animals three times a day that were raised entirely for slaughter.
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White House chief of staff John KellyJohn Francis KellyMORE called the State Department on Thursday to shoot down media reports that a plan had been developed to remove Secretary of State Rex TillersonRex Wayne TillersonState Dept.
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It is, after all, in Making a Murderer's interest to have Zellner shoot down Kratz's criticism about omitting a key piece of evidence, since it makes it seem like the show was justified in omitting it.
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" — JIMMY FALLON "North Korea said today that since President Trump has declared war on the country, it has the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers, even when they are not inside their airspace border.
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In a less risky variant of this option, the United States could use the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, antimissile battery in Guam to shoot down any North Korean missile tested near that territory.
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These incidents have caused public opinion in Iran seesaw between respect for Soleimani as a nationalist figure, and frustration with the ruling clerics over the shoot down as well as constant domestic political and economic stress.
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Many thought it was strange that Venezuelan security forces never attempted to shoot down Perez as he circled Caracas in the stolen helicopter, despite reports that Maduro's government had thousands of Russian surface-to-air missiles.
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White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Friday did not shoot down the prospect of a nationally televised "fireside chat" during which the president reads a rough transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine.
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Mr. Zwijnenburg, the researcher, said the drones gave the Houthis an edge because they were cheap to produce, hard to detect and shoot down, and able to cause damage and disruption hugely disproportionate to their cost.
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Japan's Ministry of Defense will also spend more than $1 billion to strengthen its ballistic missile defenses, including the purchase of a new generation of missiles designed by Raytheon to shoot down incoming warheads in space.
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A successful test was by no means guaranteed and the Pentagon sought to manage expectations earlier in the day, noting that the United States had multiple ways to try to shoot down a missile from North Korea.
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Earlier this week, Lesbian Twitter nearly imploded when Gay Times published an interview with Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in which Oh seemed to shoot down any hope of a romantic relationship between Killing Eve's main characters.
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For example, should a senior Pentagon civilian be needed to authorize the shoot-down of a threatening aircraft or an emergency deployment of US troops, Work could step in as acting secretary of defense, the officials said.
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For example, activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP tried to shoot down Bristol-Myers Co's $74 billion deal to acquire biotech Celgene Corp earlier this year by trying to convince Bristol-Myers shareholders to vote it down.
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Valery Kamensky, commander of the Eastern District of the PVO, and his subordinate Anatoly Kornukov reveal that Kamensky was ready to shoot down the escaping airplane over international airspace—after confirming it was not a civilian plane.
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Regardless of which aircraft type or types participated in the October shoot-down, it's clear that the US military is taking seriously the threat that Islamic State's killer drones pose—even if that threat is mostly psychological.
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The fallout from biting new U.S. sanctions on Moscow continued to rattle investors and fears of military action were stoked again after one of Russia's ambassadors reiterated it would shoot down any U.S. missiles fired at Syria.
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" Responding to a Russian official who said they would shoot down any U.S. missiles aimed at Syria, Trump issued a warning on Twitter Wednesday: "Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!
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In a thinly disguised warning to Turkey and others, he said Russia was leaving behind its most advanced S-400 air defense system and would not hesitate to shoot down "any target" which violated Syrian air space.
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Yet according to the Defense Department, though Russian radar systems in Syria were on and detected US warplanes planes, Russia chose not to fire on them, instead only attempting to shoot down some of the cruise missiles.
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Some states, like Oklahoma, have considered legislation that goes far above these federal guidelines, however—a bill proposed in 2015 would have made it legal for people to shoot down a drone flying above their private property.
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" Russia's threats, per Yaffa: "Russia's top military officer, warned that Moscow would shoot down missiles fired at Syrian territory — and, what's more, if Russian forces came under threat, would strike back by targeting launch facilities and platforms.
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Trump's goading of Moscow was an apparent response to a warning from a Russian diplomat Tuesday that Russia would shoot down any U.S. missiles fired into Syria in retaliation for Saturday's alleged attack by the Assad regime.
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Highly recommended reading: This 2018 New Yorker profile of Singer and Elliott, which should help shoot down facile theories — which you can find on Twitter — about Singer, a prominent Republican donor, going after Twitter for political reasons.
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On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, senators voted 53-47 along party lines to shoot down several Democratic amendments and advance a set of rules proposed by McConnell that govern the timing and procedure of the trial.
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Tan knows that securing Taiwan's maiden gold in archery and its fourth at the Olympics overall will almost certainly mean having to shoot down one or more of the Koreans during the women's medal matches on Thursday.
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It later transpired that the Vincennes was in Iranian territorial waters at the time of the shoot down, but the U.S. did not admit this until 6900, though it maintained that the action was legitimate self-defense.
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Japan's Ministry of Defense will also spend more than $1 billion to strengthen its ballistic missile defenses (BMD), including the purchase of a new generation of missiles designed by Raytheon to shoot down incoming warheads in space.
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Japan's Ministry of Defense will also spend more than $1 billion to strengthen its ballistic missile defences (BMD), including the purchase of a new generation of missiles designed by Raytheon to shoot down incoming warheads in space.
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Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang's promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
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The defense ministry has requested 5.3 trillion yen for next fiscal year, a 2.1 percent increase from the current fiscal year to help pay for major upgrades of defense systems designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles.
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A lot of people are asking why Iran would attack oil tankers or shoot down a US military drone and risk starting a war with the US. Why is Iran pushing back in the way it has been?
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The Missile Defense Review will also recommends studying experimental technologies, including prospects for space-based weaponry that might be able to shoot down enemy missiles — a throwback to Ronald Reagan's so-called "Star Wars" initiative in the 1980s.
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Now one year after Nguyen's initial filing date, all the arguing is over, and the case is the in hands of the commission's Enforcement Bureau to either shoot down, deliver a fine, or demand Verizon make some changes.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill signed by President Donald Trump on Monday asks the Pentagon to pursue more options for defeating U.S.-bound North Korean missiles by using radar and more missiles to spot and shoot down inbound threats.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday that it hopes all sides' words and actions can help reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would shoot down North Korean missiles if necessary.
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Meanwhile, the shoot down last November of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border of NATO member Turkey, which says the fighter violated its airspace, underscored the volatility of the ongoing confrontation between Moscow and the West.
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He drew attention early in his tenure at FERC for voicing support for a controversial Trump administration plan to bolster uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants, but ultimately concurred with a unanimous decision to shoot down the proposal.
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Japan's policy is that it would only shoot down a missile if it were falling on Japanese territory or if it were judged to pose an "existential threat" to Japan because it was aimed at a U.S. target.
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Per the BBC, Facebook was once again compelled to shoot down rumors it is secretly hijacking computer and mobile device mics to covertly record conversations after Reply All presenter PJ Vogt raised the issue during a recent podcast.
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India's military wants the missile batteries, both as a deterrent against China and to gain an edge over traditional rival, Pakistan, as they are able to track and shoot down combat aircraft, even stealth planes, at unprecedented ranges.
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But most US fighter pilots do not routinely train to shoot down slow-flying drones, which by virtue of their small size and lightweight construction can be difficult to detect—especially if they're flying low over rough terrain.
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One of the most serious elements of the case against Russia, U.S. officials said, may be the government's alleged involvement in the shoot-down of a Malaysia Airlines flight by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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"It is the current Russian regime that provided the missiles, the launcher, the software, the training, and perhaps even the triggerman to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17," Carpenter testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee in November.
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Trump took to Twitter this morning to reprimand the FBI: Why this matters: Last night, CNN published a story on Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, asking the FBI to talk to reporters and shoot down Russia stories.
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The U.S. military has in recent days confirmed an attempt by Iran to shoot down a U.S. drone last week as well as a successful shootdown of one on June 6 by Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen.
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"This was a show of force — their equivalent of an inside pitch," said Derek Chollet, a former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs during the Obama administration, speaking of Iran's decision to shoot down the drone.
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Unlike a normal trial, instead of a judge determining what will and won't be admissible, McConnell will have the power to introduce new rules, shoot down proposals, dictate pace, and control essentially every other facet of the trial.
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They include an Iranian drone flying near a US warship in July, Iran's shoot-down of a US drone in June, and the killing of a US contractor in Iraq by an Iranian-backed proxy group in December.
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Russian state television said Turkish military specialists were using shoulder-fired missiles to try to shoot down Russian and Syrian military aircraft over Idlib province, a development that, if confirmed, would mark a serious escalation of the conflict.
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Hajizadeh said that Iran denied the shoot-down "for the betterment of our country&aposs security, because if we had said this, our air defense system would have become crippled and our guys would have had doubted everything."
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After huge turnouts for Soleimani's funeral, the regime's initial lying about its forces' mistaken shoot-down of a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176 people aboard, seems to have re-lit a fuse of public ire toward the regime.
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Christopher CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsDemocrats shoot down talk of Bolton, Hunter Biden witness swap What to watch for on Day 2 of Senate impeachment trial Broad, bipartisan rebuke for proposal to pull troops from Africa MORE (D-Del.).
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said government officials may shoot down migratory birds flying near New York City airports to protect aircraft, rejecting claims by an animal rights group that such killings are excessive.
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Another Israeli system called David's Sling is being developed to shoot down mid-range, lower-altitude missiles, such as those in the arsenal of Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a Lebanese group which last fought a war with Israel in 2006.
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"It's bad that so many people got killed in Hiroshima, but it was a necessity to end the war sooner," said Laird, the only known U.S. Navy pilot to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during the war.
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There's a breathless intensity to the sequences of human soldiers doing battle against a Sunfire elf with a blade that can cut through anything, or Soren and Claudia trying to use ballistae to shoot down a fire-breathing dragon.
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Japan's military is on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, a government source said, with local media reporting its navy and anti-missile Patriot batteries have been told to shoot down any projectile heading for Japan.
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Sterling was last trading at $1.2908, up 0.42 percent on the day as investors positioned for a favorable Brexit outcome even after Germany appeared to shoot down an earlier report that Berlin and London might abandon key Brexit demands.
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Rebels did, however, shoot down a Syrian government warplane over western Syria on Saturday, rebels and a military source said, although there were conflicting accounts on whether it had been brought down by a missile or anti-aircraft guns.
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In recent years, China has demonstrated its ability to shoot down satellites that the United States relies on for everything from processing credit card transactions and balancing the power grid to collecting intelligence and directing troops on the battlefield.
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Sterling was last trading at $1.2906, up 0.40 percent on the day as investors positioned for a favorable Brexit outcome even after Germany appeared to shoot down an earlier report that Berlin and London might abandon key Brexit demands.
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In late February, in an effort to shoot down reports that suggested he endured setbacks during his rehabilitation process, Woods posted a video of himself swinging a golf club in front of an indoor golf simulator, seemingly without discomfort.
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Bob Corker of Tennessee and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania have crafted an amendment to the Senate farm bill that would give Congress the power to approve or shoot down tariffs imposed with a national security justification, according to Politico.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang's promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
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In conversations with other Asian leaders, a senior American official said, Mr. Trump asked why a country of "samurai warriors" did not shoot down the missiles, which the North Koreans launched in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
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The U.S. military has in recent days confirmed an attempt by Iran to shoot down a U.S. drone last week as well as the successful shooting down of one on June 6 by Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen.
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That would give it the option of conducting pre-emptive attacks on missiles on their launchpads — a risky approach because it could incite a war — or trying to shoot down test missiles as they are rising through the atmosphere.
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Producing his smartphone, Mr. Morad displayed a scan of what he described as a document that had come from a high official in Prime Minister Abadi's office, issuing the shoot-down order to the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad.
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DES MOINES — Joe Biden's presidential campaign has advised supporters to shoot down questions about his son Hunter Biden, whose business dealings overseas have become a distracting subplot of Donald Trump's impeachment trial and the former vice president's presidential bid.
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In early July, the DOD issued a classified policy to all 133 U.S. military bases giving them the green light to shoot down any "unmanned aircraft systems" they see as a threat to personnel, vital facilities, or critical assets.
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Russia, which has supported Assad with airstrikes since September 2015, has used its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council six times to shoot down UN resolutions on the conflict, while China has vetoed five of those six.
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The Pentagon got so worried about its Predators flying near the Iranian border that, in 2013, it began sending F-22 stealth fighters to escort the Predators and intercept any Iranian jets that tried to shoot down the slow-flying drones.
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Japan's military is on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, a government source said on Tuesday, with local media reporting its navy and anti-missile Patriot batteries have been told to shoot down any projectile heading for Japan.
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The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said on Sunday it was looking into reports that Pakistan used F-16 jets to shoot down the Indian pilot, a potential violation of Washington's military sale agreements that limit how Pakistan can use the planes.
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The decision to shoot down future missile tests would align with Trump's warning that such tests "will not be tolerated", and solidify the message that North Korea has a much longer road to an ICBM that can strike the continental U.S.
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Smith, a Minnesota sports fan visiting Boston, decided to shoot down to the Meadowlands since the Vikings were playing the Jets while she was on the East Coast and drove down in a rental car for a nice little day trip.
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But the Supreme Court's skepticism of Draper's plan, prompting the justices to review and ultimately shoot down the measure, prove that a million dollars and hundreds of thousands of (likely misguided) residents aren't enough to bring a wild plan to life.
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It's "definitely a disappointment" that funds weren't allocated this year, he says, but he's encouraged by the fact that Congress didn't explicitly shoot down the idea either, leaving open the possibility that federal funding could still come in the future.
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Second, it fails to acknowledge China's ugly bullying of South Korea in the wake of the country's decision last year to approve an American missile-defence system known as THAAD, which is designed to shoot down incoming North Korean missiles.
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Other potentially contradictory opinions, he said, include Trump's promises to sit down with the Russian government and also shoot down its fighter jets, and his views on whether the U.S. should be doing more or less in the world at large.
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You see, Thomas is a man (one of many, really) who claims to have seen bright, inexplicable lights shoot down from the sky, lights similar to the ones that others claim to leave fully formed crop circles in their wake.
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"Although they did not push the button themselves, we suspect them of close co-operation to get the [missile launcher] where it was, with the aim to shoot down an airplane," Dutch chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said, according to Reuters.
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Chaim: Right, "Oh by the way, if you don't shoot down these three ships, the world will end" did feel tacked-on, and the threat of the Wakandan War Dogs destabilizing world governments was never tangible enough to be concerning.
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A key test of his caution came recently when he wisely decided -- in the eleventh hour -- not to retaliate against Iran for the Iranian shoot-down of a US surveillance drone, even though he's kept the rhetoric at a boiling point.
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Russia, which has supported Assad with airstrikes since September 2015, has used its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council six times to shoot down UN resolutions on the conflict, while China has vetoed five of those six.
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Santos suffered a heavy setback this week when Colombians voted in a plebiscite to shoot down his peace agreement with the FARC, and the Peace Prize is an attempt by the Nobel Committee to swing public opinion in favor of peace.
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Last month, Iran came close to war with the United States after the Islamic Republic's unprecedented shoot-down of a U.S. drone with a surface-to-air missile, a move that nearly triggered retaliatory strikes by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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The missile system, originally developed by the Soviet military, but since modernized and available in several versions with significantly different capabilities, fires missiles from trucks and is designed to shoot down military aircraft and short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
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The downings have been consistent with US policy, but have led to increased tensions in the region as Russia cut off a key military-diplomatic channel with the US and threatened to shoot down American planes over Syria. 6. Tapes?
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The U.S. system involves batteries of missiles that could shoot down North Korea's as yet untested longest range ballistic missiles, weapons U.S. military strategists are most worried about given their potential to carry a nuclear warhead to the American west coast.
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That's important because the US wants the ability to shoot down missiles launched by North Korea if the regime does indeed develop one capable of hitting the US. Experts tell us to temper the celebration over this successful test though.
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Fearful of upsetting China, South Korea had long dithered over whether to add the sophisticated system—which could shoot down incoming North Korean ballistic missiles above the atmosphere—to its crop of Patriot batteries, which destroy missiles at lower altitudes.
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LIMA (Reuters) - A law in Peru that allows the military to shoot down planes suspected of smuggling drugs has forced traffickers to move cocaine out of a remote jungle region by boat and on foot, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
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"Since the U.S. declared war on our country we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside the airspace border of our country," he continued.
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North Korea's widening nuclear weapons ambitions, now including the threat to detonate a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean and shoot down U.S. aircraft, along with its own verbal flourishes such as calling Trump a "madman," underscore the growing crisis.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Defence Minister Gen Nakatani on Wednesday ordered ballistic missile defense units, including Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and Patriot missile batteries onshore, to be ready to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatened Japan.
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Japan has said it would shoot down the rocket if it threatens the country, and on Saturday accelerated the deployment of two additional PAC-3 missile units in response to the revised launch time frame, a Japanese defence ministry official said.
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Franz Klintsevich, a senior lawmaker on the upper house of parliament's defense and security committee, told RIA news agency that Russia would not automatically shoot down any object and that decisions would be taken on a case-by-case basis.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Hafiz Saeed, a Pakistani Islamist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, led prayers at a mosque in Islamabad on Friday and called on his country's military to shoot down any American drones entering Pakistani territory.
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On Monday, the North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho claimed US President Donald Trump had "declared a war" on his country, and threatened to shoot down US aircraft flying off its coastline even if they were in international airspace.
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"Since the U.S. declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down the U.S. bombers even when they are not yet inside the airspace border of our country," he said.
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Also, North Korea foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, on Monday accused Trump of declaring war against the nation and threatened that the North has the right to shoot down U.S. strategic bombers even if they are flying in international airspace.
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North Korea appears to have boosted defenses on its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, after the North said U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war and that it would shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the peninsula.
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Between the lines: Davis told Axios' Jonathan Swan earlier this month that Cohen doesn't know whether Trump knew about the meeting and refused to shoot down CNN's original story, but explained that Cohen's team was not the source of it.
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The frequent incidents concern military officials because forces might have to shoot down a Russian aircraft over Syria "because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," U.S. Air Forces Central Command spokesman Lt. Col.
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But in June, after the United States military shot down a Syrian government fighter jet — prompting Russia to threaten to shoot down any American aircraft that flew west of the Euphrates River — the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.
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" Mr. Girkin, the accused former F.S.B. officer — who at the time of the downing served as defense minister of the breakaway faction calling itself the Donetsk People's Republic — issued a statement Wednesday saying the separatists "did not shoot down the Boeing.
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North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Monday accused Trump of declaring war on the North and threatened that Pyongyang would shoot down U.S. warplanes flying near the Korean Peninsula after American bombers flew close to it last Saturday.
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Thanks to their efforts in retrieving and passing along vital information about enemy battle plans and the whereabouts of Japanese vessels, the American military was able to sink enemy supply ships, shoot down enemy planes and blunt attacks on American targets.
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In Barton Gellman's play-by-play of that morning in "Angler," it's strongly implied that Cheney usurped Bush's authority, ignoring the chain of command and giving fighter jets the O.K. to shoot down commercial airliners if they appeared to be hijacked.
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"Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country," he said.
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Powered by two jet engines of a new Canadian design, the Arrow was supposed to swoop up to Canada's Arctic at nearly twice the speed of sound and shoot down Soviet bombers making their way to North America with nuclear payloads.
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This is the first time the Syrian government appears to have made good on promises to shoot down Israeli aircraft, after years of threats against both Israel and the other international militaries that have flown sorties over Syria without permission.
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If necessary, they may, for example, shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile aimed at Guam or Hawaii, conduct anti-submarine operations to protect American naval forces or clear mines in waters near North Korea ahead of United States amphibious operations.
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Unlike a normal trial, instead of a judge determining what will and won't be admissible, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have the power to introduce rules, shoot down proposals, dictate pace and control essentially every other facet of the trial.
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Slentz called the I-Bar "a living museum to Naval aviation," with legendary patrons like Sweeney, some of the Apollo astronauts, and Dean "Diz" Laird, the only naval aviator in World War II to shoot down both German and Japanese aircraft.
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"Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country," he added.
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"If there is a U.S. missile attack, we — in line with both [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and Russia's chief of staff's remarks — will shoot down U.S. rockets and even the sources that launched the missiles," he said, according to Al Jazeera.
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Two days later, North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, declared that Pyongyang had the right to shoot down American bombers even if they were outside its airspace — another escalation in the war of words between the North and President Trump.
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At the time of the shoot-down, the situation in the Gulf was tense, as the US Navy had exchanged gunfire with Iranian boats and even lost assets at the hands of the Iranians, who had been mining strategic waterways.
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Meanwhile, the Pentagon said it had intercepted a mock intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday afternoon in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, marking the first successful test of whether the U.S. Defense Department could shoot down a warhead from North Korea.
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" He said that the Kremlin expected that, if Clinton won, she would take military action in Syria, perhaps establishing no-fly zones, provoking the rebels to shoot down Russian aircraft, "and getting the Russians to feel it was Afghanistan revisited.
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"China's mid-course anti-missile system is powerful enough to shoot down missiles from North Korea and India, though it's not clear whether it could intercept an ICBM from the US if they start firing at each other," Zhou said.
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SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - International pressure grew on North Korea to call off a planned rocket launch, seen by some governments as another missile test, while Japan put its military on alert to shoot down any rocket that threatens its territory.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Additional tests may add at least $500 million to Japan's price tag for two U.S.-built ballistic missile interceptor stations that could struggle to shoot down the latest North Korean missile types, four government and defense sources said.
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"If there is a U.S. missile attack, we — in line with both Putin and Russia's chief of staff's remarks — will shoot down U.S. rockets and even the sources that launched the missiles," a Russian official said, according to Al Jazeera.
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"Since the U.S. declared war on our country we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside the airspace border of our country," Ri said.
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It reduces a team sport to a contrived tiebreaker that obliges physically tired and emotionally drained players to step up one by one, trudge half the length of the field and try to shoot down the opponent's goalkeeper from 12 yards.
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Armed with missiles designed to shoot down warheads in space, the Milius will be part of a naval destroyer force that would be the first U.S. line of defense against any long-range ballistic missiles fired at it by North Korea.
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As Congress scholar John Johannes pointed out, House Republican leaders routinely shoot down votes on any bill that does not have almost unanimous party support, meaning the extremely ideological wings of the GOP can in practice block almost any major compromise legislation.
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During a Wednesday hearing, DeSantis decried the Obama administration&aposs decision to release three men convicted for their roles in connection with the illegal shoot down in 1996 of two American civilian aircraft that killed three Americans and a U.S. legal resident.
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One of the latest attacks came from Bernard Chenebault, president of the Paris-based group Amis du Palais de Tokyo (Friends of Palais de Tokyo) who called the young activist a "madwoman" who "we must shoot down" in a Facebook post on Sunday.
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Giuseppe Tria was seeking to shoot down the notion, floated by the ruling League party and backed by the whole Parliament through a non-binding motion, that the Italian state could pay its sizeable arrears with suppliers via small-denomination bearer bonds.
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Congressman Jason Chaffetz not only has the power to subpoena the reported memo written by James Comey, he also could put his John Hancock on a subpoena for any White House tapes that might exist to either confirm or shoot down Comey's version.
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Though neither Kardashian West nor her husband have addressed the track, it wouldn't be surprising if West — who has been in an ongoing feud with Drake after he failed to shoot down rumors he had a relationship with Kardashian West — is upset.
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Until now, officials across the administration have feared that ramping up the arming of Syrian rebels would be disastrous because of the risk that such weapons could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and be used to shoot down civilian airliners.
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During a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Strategic Forces on Thursday, MDA head Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves said he was continuing to explore the use of UAVs, or drones, to shoot down missiles soon after they have been launched.
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The author of the books that birthed the "Game of Thrones" television show took to his blog to shoot down a rumor that he's withholding the next two novels in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series until the HBO show ends.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military was on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, a government source said on Tuesday, with media reporting its navy and anti-missile Patriot batteries had been told to shoot down any projectile heading for Japan.
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The goal isn't so much to win the presidential election at this point as it is to take advantage of the weird confluence of circumstances to shoot down as many GOP senators and House members as possible while they're isolated, confused, and squabbling.
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By giving him an opportunity to aid the working class, the thinking seems to go, Democrats could either see their own policy agenda enacted or, in that still unlikely event, force Trump to shoot down what they expect to be broadly popular initiatives.
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U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday that North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities and ballistic missile defence programs constituted a "serious threat" to the United States and that it was prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile launch or test.
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Earlier this week, a team of international investigators presented findings showing that the missile launcher used to shoot down MH17 over Eastern Ukraine in 2014 came from Russia and was returned there afterward - despite Russian denials of involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
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Designed to have "unlimited" range, the cruise missile propelled by an onboard miniature nuclear reactor could theoretically fly for days in circuitous patterns while hugging close to the earth's surface, making it incredibly difficult to shoot down with existing missile defense systems.
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For the Navy's 211th Fleet -- the largest of the Navy's numbered fleets -- that means staying on watch for North Korean provocations, including having ships on the ready that could shoot down ballistic missiles headed for Japan, Guam or even the mainland United States.
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Similar to today, Hill's entire fight felt fixed as Republicans rushed to shoot down her claims and cast them as nothing more than part of a liberal backlash against Republicans who wanted to nominate Thomas as the first black conservative Supreme Court nominee.
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"The name comes from the idea of unleashing a wild monkey with a weapon in your data center to randomly shoot down instances and chew through cables — all while we continue serving our customers without interruption," Netflix explains on its tech blog.
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The shoot-down of the Syrian jet Sunday highlighted the increased tensions resulting from the U.S. partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a controversial militia that Washington relies on as its key partner on the ground in the fight against ISIS.
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Well, we've recently conducted a test involving an ICBM that was launched out of the Marshall Islands and the interceptor — basically the bullet we're firing to shoot down an incoming missile — was launched out of Vandenberg Air Force Base (located in Central California).
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Putin did not push the button on that missile, but he created the conditions for it to shoot down that plane — and he walked away from it as if the plane were brought down by lightning, making up one implausible story after another.
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Brown also noted that on June 13, Iran separately tried to shoot down yet another U.S. drone over the Gulf of Oman in an effort to disrupt surveillance of Iran's attack on Kokuka Courageous, one of two oil tankers attacked on Thursday.
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Pence and Trump's argument for creating a Space Force boils down to this: Enemies like China and Russia have, for example, tested technology to shoot down satellites, and the US wants to ensure the US can adequately defend itself against growing threats.
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A United States intelligence threat assessment warned in February that Russia and China would be able to shoot down American satellites in two to three years, potentially endangering GPS satellites as well as military and civilian communications satellites and the country's spy satellites.
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Hiroaki Maehara, the commander of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Air Defense Command, said that the armed forces did not try to shoot down the missile from North Korea on Tuesday because they did not detect a threat to Japanese territory.
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North Korea appears to have boosted defenses on its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after the North said U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war and that it would shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the peninsula.
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Varsity Spirit -- which is briefly featured in the docuseries -- tells TMZ ... they did, in fact, shoot down Netflix's request to film the competition with their own cameras, but offered a compromise they insist Netflix wasn't interested in ... event footage from Varsity itself.
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The shift — a notable break from protocol — came as the White House is trying to contain fallout from reports that chief of staff Reince Priebus pressured the FBI to shoot down articles about frequent contact between Trump campaign officials and Russian intelligence officials.
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Even if it covered the Seoul metro area, it may not shoot down everything coming its way if the North were to fire multiple, short-range missiles — and Seoul is only about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the border at its closest point.
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Earlier Tuesday, CNN had reported that US forces and air-defense missile batteries across the Middle East were placed on high alert overnight Monday to possibly shoot down Iranian drones as intelligence mounted about a threat of an imminent attack against US targets.
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On Monday, North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, accused President Donald Trump of declaring war against the hermit regime and threatened that the North has the right to shoot down U.S. strategic bombers even if they are flying in international airspace.
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On Feb 14, a major militant attack killed an estimated 40 Indian security personnel and led to a dogfight between India and Pakistan&aposs air forces that saw both sides conducting air strikes and the shoot-down of an Indian Air Force jet.
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Indeed, at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing earlier this year, former Bush National Security Council legal advisor John Bellinger struggled to link the U.S. shoot down of a Syrian fighter plane with the authority of the 2001 AUMF used to justify it.
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But, this definitely appears to be more in line with Russia's growing anti-Turkish sentiment following an incident which saw the Turkish military shoot down a Russian warplane after it had allegedly invaded their airspace during the height of foreign intervention in Syria.
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The context: The Trump administration has reached a new level of chaos, with Defense Secretary James Mattis submitting his resignation Thursday and the Senate likely to shoot down a short-term spending bill that would keep parts of the government funded past tonight at midnight.
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Beijing has spoken out against the plan to put a THAAD system in South Korea, likely because the defense battery could also be used to monitor Chinese military activity and shoot down Chinese missiles if a conflict were to break out in the region.
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In particular, it has thundered against South Korea's plans to install an American anti-missile system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), designed to shoot down attacking North Korean missiles, claiming that the system's radar will allow America to look deep into its own defences.
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As Iran smolders, I'm celebrating a bittersweet anniversary Trump keeps lying about Iran, but the truth is bad enough The airliner shoot-down is a make-or-break moment for Iran's regime All Iranians can agree on one thing: No one wants a war
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"I do take seriously the very sophisticated air-defense system and coverage that the Russians have, and I think I wouldn't put it past them to shoot down an American aircraft if they felt that was threatening to their forces on the ground," Clapper said.
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He was responding to a question about Ukrainian media reports which said that the Russian Defense Ministry had told Ukraine's military envoy that Moscow would shoot down any missiles and destroy their launchers if Kiev test-fired missiles in the air space near Crimea.
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But officials across the administration fear that ramping up the arming of Syrian rebels would be disastrous because of the risk that, if anti-aircraft weapons were provided, they could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and be used to shoot down civilian airliners.
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In his statement, the US general also mentioned the deployment to South Korea of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), which is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles, just the type of weapons North Korea claims it has.
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According to its site, the consortium urges "cities, businesses and NGOs to support and apply the principles and engage with the group on how to improve them further," so we'd probably be wise to shoot down this idea anytime it comes up in the future.
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Pushing the bill was a politically brilliant move by Cuba hard-liners, including the Cuban-American community, but it could not have happened without Castro's decision to shoot down those two planes — and the moment of widespread American outrage against him that it had sparked.
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On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security Committee will markup a bill that gives the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice nearly unchecked power to shoot down drones in the U.S. and take other significant actions domestically with virtually no checks to prevent abuses or misuse.
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Trump makes rare trip to Clinton state, hoping to win back New Hampshire MORE (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, demanded Friday that Trump shoot down reports that he was working on an executive order to lift some sanctions on Moscow.
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The DOJ should be even more likely to shoot down a horizontal merger that consolidates an industry with four participants to three, as in the case of T-Mobile-Sprint, says Ketan Jhaveri, a former DOJ trial attorney and antitrust lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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Amid these multiple alleged Russian crossings of the de-confliction boundary, the US military has expressed concern it might have to shoot down a Russian aircraft over Syria if the Russian plane is seen as a threat to US or coalition forces fighting ISIS.
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Last week, Mueller's office publicly disputed an explosive BuzzFeed report that suggested Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project, earning plaudits from Trump himself about Mueller's decision to shoot down a story that was potentially highly damaging to him.
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He was responding to a question about Ukrainian media reports which said that the Russian Defence Ministry had told Ukraine's military envoy that Moscow would shoot down any missiles and destroy their launchers if Kiev test-fired missiles in the air space near Crimea.
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Analysts interviewed by VICE News warned that both the shoot-down and the missile strikes signaled a new phase in the six-year war, one in which posturing and power plays by the U.S., Iran, and Russia will only increase as ISIS loses ground.
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That move elicited a round of threats from Russia's defense ministry, which indicated it could shoot down the next U.S. jet flying west of the Euphrates River, and raised fresh concerns over the expanded nature of U.S. involvement in Syria's protracted six year war.
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Speaking as he prepared to leave the U.N. General Assembly, Mr. Ri asserted the North's right to shoot down U.S. warplanes "even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country" — apparently a warning to the U.S. not to repeat Saturday's flybys.
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One of those machine guns and the Close-in Weapon System -- a Gatling gun designed to shoot down incoming missiles -- both jammed during the exercise, a reminder of how important the drills are to iron out kinks to make the vessel combat-ready. Cmdr.
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Secretary of State John KerryJohn Forbes KerryTrump's winning weapon: Time The Memo: O'Rourke looks to hit reset button #FreeAustinTice trending on anniversary of kidnapping in Syria MORE said that our Navy ships are entitled to shoot down these Russian planes, but President Obama says nothing.
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Washington (CNN)US forces and air-defense missile batteries across the Middle East were placed on high alert overnight Monday to possibly shoot down Iranian drones as intelligence mounted about a threat of an imminent attack against US targets, two US officials told CNN.
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A few weeks earlier, there was media speculation, fueled by a postelection tour of America by Zuckerberg and his wife, that he was laying the groundwork to run against Trump in 20153, and in this meeting he took pains to shoot down the rumors.
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Pence and President Donald Trump's argument for creating a Space Force boils down to this: Enemies like China and Russia have, for example, tested technology to shoot down satellites, and the US wants to ensure the US can adequately defend itself against growing threats.
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"Not that the Chinese are going to shoot down an aircraft in peacetime, but certainly it is going to raise the threat environment and the risks for any U.S. commander who's thinking about where to do an overflight next," Mr. Graham said in a telephone interview.
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" He added that it was generally unwise to shoot down any missile that does not pose a threat as not only would you lose the ability to examine the missile and its flight, "if you try and shoot it down and miss, that's a huge PR embarrassment.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debris field from a U.S. military drone that was shot down by Iran is in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. naval assets have been dispatched to the area, a U.S. official told Reuters, contradicting Iran's account of the shoot-down.
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RUBIO: But Martha, just — Martha, just to clarify on that point, because he's right, and one more thing to point — it is standard procedure of the United States to shoot down those missiles once launched if they pose a threat to civilians, land and ships (ph).
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They could either shoot down geoengineering planes or, more tactfully, build a second fleet to deliver a separate stratospheric payload to neutralise the sunshade (either by reacting with the SO2 to break it down, or by making the sulphate particles clump together and rain out faster).
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Federal authorities would not need to first obtain a warrant, which rights groups say that authority could be easily abused, making it possible for Homeland Security and the Justice Department and its various law enforcement and immigration agencies to shoot down anyone's drone for any justifiable reason.
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And if Price isn't reasonably blameless in this stock purchase incident or if he's not up to taking the intense heat sure to come his way, his chances to survive the Democrats' extreme desire to shoot down at least one Trump nominee won't be very good.
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Bush's interest in Eastern Europe was primarily to reward nations that had participated in his "coalition of the willing" during the war in Iraq by bestowing NATO membership or promising to base units of a planned U.S. system to shoot down missiles originating in the Middle East.
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I was trying to deal with different power relations — the power of the community in the Lower East Side, to shoot down the city's attempts at making money off of middle-class artists, selling them property, and then the other events going on at that time.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan ordered its military on Monday to be ready at any time to shoot down any North Korean missiles that threaten to strike Japan, putting its forces on a state of alert for at least three months, a defense ministry official and media said.
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