Sentence examples for firing of a projectile from inspiring English sources

The Israeli military said the strike was in response to that morning's firing of a projectile from Gaza into southern Israel.

The Israeli military said the strike was in response to the firing of a military-use projectile from Gaza into southern Israel earlier that morning.

The would-be killer had been arrested in possession of a torch that doubled as a gun, a fountain pen capable of firing a bladed projectile, and a pen that concealed a poison-tipped needle.

I had imagined firing a projectile that was like the custard pie of silent movies.

The criminal masterminds also printed it out of PLA plastic, which is not ideal for heavy-duty use, let alone firing a projectile.

The difference in the two situations results from the fact that momentum (the product of mass and velocity) is conserved: the momentum of the system that fires a projectile must be opposite and equal to that of the projectile.

To make small enough fragments, the spacecraft fired a projectile made of the metal tantalum — basically a bullet — at the asteroid's surface.

Tonight, a Japanese spacecraft completed a touchdown on the surface of an asteroid, where it fired a projectile at the rock's surface rock.

After a closer look at data radioed home by Hayabusa, however, the JAXA scientists could not confirm whether the spacecraft had fired a projectile into the surface of the asteroid.

U.S. authorities appeared to deploy tear gas and a flash bang, which makes a loud noise but does not fire a projectile, at a group of people who were trying to get through a section of the border fence.

The intention was to get close, fire a projectile into the surface and grab some of the ensuing dust.