Sentence examples for test firing from inspiring English sources
noun
A launch of a rocket or missile, or a firing of a gun, in order to investigate its performance, handling characteristics etc.
The group will call for more research to give better estimates of levels of DU particles produced by exploding weapons using "realistic test firing" into heavy armour tanks.
The test comes less than two months after the North enraged the US and its allies by test firing a long-range ballistic missile.
As it turns out, Sprint's just test firing things right now.
The measurement capability of the thrust measurement system is exemplified herein through the test firing a LOX/Methane thruster at steady-state and pulsing conditions.
Kursura was used for test firing the NSTL 58 torpedo in 1975.
Iran has made several recent claims of test firing missiles that Western analysts have said were inflated.
We will be test-firing the car's rocket system in a few weeks.
During the U.S.-South Korean training last year, North Korea signaled its displeasure by successfully test-firing a ballistic missile from a submarine for the first time.
The launching was the second such test-firing of the Sineva in less than a week.
The United States has persuaded North Korea to accept a moratorium on the test-firing of long-range missiles.
It was the second and final test-firing of the solid rocket booster designed for Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS).
