Sentence examples for closing speeds from inspiring English sources

They do not carry explosives, but a chunk of metal designed to destroy missiles through impact alone, at closing speeds of 16,000mph (26,000kph).

The racing proved to be exciting, at least in the action-packed starts in which closing speeds were about 50 knots.

It relies on a small number of ground-launched interceptors, based on U.S. territory, that must be maneuvered with astounding precision to collide with incoming warheads at closing speeds of 15,000 miles per hour.

Battlefield missile defense is a simpler task than national missile defense because the closing speeds of the two missiles are slower and the target missile remains in the atmosphere, giving it no chance to release effective decoys.

Hoy acknowledges that one of the biggest changes he has faced in adapting to motor racing is the abrogation of some level of control – that things on track will occur about which you can do nothing – not least at Le Mans where the closing speeds between the four classes of cars is huge.

Slower cars in the right lane have trouble judging closing speeds of really fast-moving cars because they have not experienced them (240kmh maybe, but not 320).

Today, I had good closing speed.

Strengths: Good hands and closing speed.

I think he underestimated our closing speed.

His closing speed has diminished, but his instincts remain.

"I haven't seen closing speed like that," Varitek said.