Sentence examples for by testing a missile from inspiring English sources
By testing a missile that might one day be able to reach Alaska, Kim Jong Il tried again to win the United States' attention by appearing to be barmy — a gambit aided by the fact that he almost certainly is.
There are holdouts, of course: North Korea has greeted the Obama administration by testing a missile, ratcheting up its language and threatening to pull out of multiparty talks on its nuclear program.
Along the way, Mr. Kerry reinforced the tough line that the United States has taken since North Korea's inexperienced new leader, Kim Jong-un, fanned tensions by testing a missile in December, carrying out a third nuclear test in February and threatening to attack.
Then, six weeks later, as if on cue, North Korea took American intelligence analysts by surprise by testing a three-stage missile with perhaps enough range to hit North America.
Then six weeks later, as if on cue, North Korea surprised American intelligence experts by testing a three-stage missile with perhaps enough range to hit North America.
On January 29, the New York Times ran a front page article reporting that the United States had notified its NATO allies that Russia may have violated the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty INFF) by testing a new cruise missile.
Recall that North Korea greeted Obama's inauguration with a forbidden nuclear test four months later and followed that up by testing a barrage of short-range missiles on the Fourth of July.
When talks lag or the North does not get the result it is seeking, it often seeks to remind neighbors of its military prowess — by testing a nuclear device or a new missile, for example.
It was the first such high-level meeting between China and India since China alarmed potential adversaries by testing an anti-satellite missile last month.In a surprising presidential election in Turkmenistan, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won only 89% of the vote.
On a bad day, it is celestial road rage.A year ago, the Americans fumed when China tested a missile by shooting up one of its own weather satellites.
At a moment when India and Pakistan are poised for war, India sent a defiant signal to the world today by successfully testing a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead.
