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  • initialism plural of ICBM

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  • (Unlike the solid fuel used in U.S. missiles, the liquid fuel used to propel Chinese ICBMs is highly corrosive.)

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • (Unlike the solid fuel used in U.S. missiles, the liquid fuel used to propel Chinese ICBMs is highly corrosive.)

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • (Unlike the solid fuel used in U.S. missiles, the liquid fuel used to propel Chinese ICBMs is highly corrosive.)

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • Gore said N. Korea armed with nuclear ICBMs is a grave threat.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006

  • The Soviet premier understood that since his ICBMs were a crucial part of his nuclear balance with the U.S., this put him at a major disadvantage.

    Bloodthirsty Liberal 2009

  • Or is there some other use for "ICBMs" other than delivering nuclear warheads?

    What was the Norway Spiral? | Universe Today 2009

  • The treaty allows the United States and Russia to conduct as many as 18 short-notice, on-site inspections each year, with as many as 10 "Type 1" inspections, which focus on strategic systems, such as ICBMs, submarines and bombers, and up to eight "Type 2" inspections, which cover storage sites, test ranges and other facilities, Miller said.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • Creative business models that subvert or avoid tax liability (see the IKEA nonprofit example) are wonderful in that they have both legal authority while at the same time undermine fiscally irresponsible governments that use tax funds for items such as ICBMs, space lasers, and for all we know genetically engineered marsupial soldiers.

    Cal Poly MBA Trip 2009

  • At Politico, Laura Rozen monitored the engineering failure at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming that knocked 50 nuclear ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) offline.

    Russ Wellen: What If Nuclear Terrorism Were Just a Mouse Click Away? Russ Wellen 2010

  • Through the 1970s, 50 B-53 bombs and 54 Titan liquid-fueled ICBMs, with identical nine-megaton warheads, had the high-priority responsibility to destroy the Soviet underground bunkers.

    Story of B-53 'bunker buster' is a lesson in managing nuclear weapons Walter Pincus 2010

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