Sentence examples for a land-based system from inspiring English sources

An ICBM is a missile launched by a land-based system that is intended to carry nuclear payloads.

But Mr. Gore said he would continue to test the feasibility of such a system and would go ahead with deployment of a land-based system if he was "fully convinced" that the technologies were ready.

The state department asked Congress to approve the $133m sale of the four missiles and related hardware, which can be launched from destroyers at sea or from a land-based system.

THAAD is a land-based system designed to shoot down incoming short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles, and could offer South Korea and some of the 25,000 U.S. troops deployed there greater protection against missiles launched from the North.

The current price tag for a fully installed offshore wind system is estimated at $4,600 a kilowatt, nearly double the $2,400-a-kilowatt price for a land-based system, according to the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative, a coalition of public and private organizations and institutions promoting the industry.

Of these, the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile is unique; a land-based system that could potentially target US carrier battle groups that have long been the corner-stone of Washington's maritime might.

Vice President Al Gore has largely embraced the adminstration stand of building a limited land-based system.

[Page A8.] Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee, has largely embraced the administration's stand of building a limited land-based system without withdrawing from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.

Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee, has largely embraced the administration's stand of building a limited land-based system without withdrawing from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.

Vice President Al Gore, adopting the Clinton policy, supports a more modest land-based system that could protect against a small number of missiles fired at the United States by mistake or by what the administration previously called rogue states but now calls "states of concern," like, perhaps, North Korea or Iraq.

Aircell told me it cost about $100,000 to outfit an airplane with its land-based system.