Sentence examples for was designed to shoot from inspiring English sources

"The Patriot used in 1991 was designed to shoot down airplanes and modified to give it some kind of antimissile capability.

The much-delayed Eurofighter, for example, was designed to shoot Soviet fighters from the sky, but is now being redesigned to strafe terrorists and insurgents.

Then there was the lizard tongue, formally known as a telescoping belt loader, which was designed to shoot out from the track system's maw directly to an airplane's luggage doors.

Nautilus was a chemical laser, so-named because it obtains its energy from a chemical reaction, which was designed to shoot down Soviet Katyusha rockets.

However, the Falcon, like its predecessors, was designed to shoot down heavy bombers flying straight and level.

Dubbing this software controlled robot "an inkjet printer in architectonical dimensions," the Facadeprinter was designed to shoot out large-scale graphics on to walls at a distance of up to 12 meters, and is capable of creating works as large as 8 by 10 meters.

Thaad is designed to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.

The system is designed to shoot down incoming missiles.

The batteries are designed to shoot down short-range Iranian missiles.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is designed to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles.

The Bush administration says the bases are designed to shoot down rogue missiles fired by Iran or North Korea.