Sentence examples for launchings by from inspiring English sources
The strict export controls arose from a political fight over satellite launchings by China, which in the 1980s began offering cheap rides into orbit on low-cost rockets.
The reports said the new spending plan, proposed by members of Mr. Abe's governing Liberal Democratic Party, would seek to increase the number of ground troops, strengthen air and sea defenses around the disputed islands, and buy new early-warning aircraft to guard against Chinese intrusions near the islands, as well as missile launchings by North Korea.
Iron Dome is wholly different from what would be required to defend a nation against long-range launchings by Iran or North Korea, even with their limited arsenals of those weapons, and it would do nothing to defend against a larger arsenal of intercontinental warheads, likely accompanied by decoys, from nations like Russia or China.
But, while the world awaits the next move by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, in his nuclear chess game with the United States, soldiers say their high alert has not changed in recent weeks, during which there have been two missile launchings by North Korea and two incidents involving its MIG warplanes.
The White House insists that a limited ability to knock down incoming ballistic missiles will not upset the balance of nuclear power among major nations, but that it is essential to counter emerging threats from terrorists or rogue states and to protect against accidental missile launchings by other nations.
Mr. Huibregtse (pronounced HUGH-brex) emphasized that these launchings, powered by electrical ignition from a portable launch pad, were completely safe.
Mr. Vick of GlobalSecurity.org cited two cases involving Iranian videos of the missile launchings that, by accident or design, had magnified the threat.
Even the reporters and broadcasters who had witnessed dozens of other launchings sounded spellbound by the liftoff on Friday.
Then there are businesses like the Foleys' — on the order of NASA-themed restaurants and surfboard shops that take spectators on the water to watch the launchings — that are bolstered by a regular tide of shuttle tourists.
In particular, a quid pro quo of shutting down the missile program in exchange for launchings of North Korean satellites by foreign governments will be discussed further, a senior official said.
But I believe the article lacked any explanation of why the public should be required to pay, and rather hefty ticket prices at that, to watch these launchings from public lands already bought by taxpayers.
