But the credibility of that definition has been stretched: the US military has so far launched 154 air strikes in Iraq and deployed more than 1,100 troops and "advisers" in ostensibly noncombat roles.
His lawyers say they fear the US will attempt to extradite him to face charges over the release of hundreds of thousands of secret cables, although Washington has not so far launched any legal action against him.
Keen to crush a potential Kurdish push for an autonomous state in the region, Turkey has so far launched 300 airstrikes against Kurdish PKK targets in Turkey and northern Iraq – while carrying out just one airstrike against Isis, the group it claims to be fighting.
China has so far launched 16 navigation satellites.
The fastest spacecraft so far launched into space, the NASA-Germany Helios probes, traveled at 250,000 kilometers per hour.
For instance, the Cerego app, which launched in September 2013, also times your learning and testing to boost recall, and its team have so far launched courses on brain anatomy, music theory and art history.
The first and only commercially available Lyme vaccine so far, launched by SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) in 1998, got into hot water after several vaccinees developed severe arthritis--a frequent symptom of Lyme disease--and filed a class action suit.
The U.K. startup, which has thus far launched in Central London only, lets you order anything on-demand for delivery to your home or other premises.
Phorm has so far launched in the UK with BT, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media.The Phorm cookie also recognises publishers signed up to Phorms ad system, so the partners for that are the FT.com; iVillage; Universal McCann; MGM OMD and Unanimis.
Since releasing the PowerShot 600 as Canon's first compact digital camera for sale to the general public in July 1996, the company has thus far launched a total of 106* digital camera models across the globe.
North Technologies is an incubator for mobile and social apps that has so far launched two products, ephemeral photo-sharing app Tiiny and Watchville, an app for luxury watch aficionados.
