It was declared by the soldiers that no missile could injure any man unless it has his name and address on it, which is, of course, a poetical, humorous comparison of the missile to a longed-for letter.
Gladsden judged this an excellent opportunity to kill two birds with one bullet, on the expectation of the missile perforating the foremost and then burying itself in his comrade.
He judged that themissile struck the craft between the trio.
Even whilst they examined the curious little missile another flew up from the valley and lodged on the roof of their shelter.
The conscience of the time, acting in obedience to the highest authorities of the Church, and, as was supposed, in defence of religion, now brought out a missile which it hurled against scientific investigators with deadly effect.
This missile was the charge of unlawful compact with Satan, and it was most effective.
If a native had no other missile at hand, he would dispatch it at a flight of ducks.
Of the broad sides of the missile one is slightly convex, the other is flat.
The peculiar curve of the missile gives it the property of returning to the feet of the thrower.
If the sinister missile exploded it meant an end to the contest, but fortunately it was what was known as a "dud".
The missile failed to explode, although it floored the German.
At the spot where the heavy missile dropped a hole twenty feet in diameter had been made.
Fortunately the missile did not explode, nor did it detonate the depth charges stowed astern; but the impact played havoc with the ward-room, completely demolishing the roof and knocking two gaping holes in the raised sides.
Three Huns who had escaped the death-dealing missile had promptly leapt through the embrasure into the sea.
Then all at once the compact missile disintegrated.
The pulling of the trigger released a spring in the barrel, which in turn projected a pebble or other missile a short and harmless distance.
They were met by a murderous discharge of every missile of destruction, sweeping the structure like a whirlwind.
The peasants fought with desperation from the windows and roofs of the houses, hurling down upon the French every missile of destruction.
Thus, multiple, varied missile injuries will be common, increasing their overall severity and significance.
Table A-3 lists ranges at which significant missile injuries can be expected.
Man himself can become a missile resulting in injuries (called translational injuries).
If the latter were drawn backwards and downwards the great weight was accordingly raised, and upon release the long arm would sweep upwards in a curve and project any missile attached to it.
His gun was discharged; but the missile that it had contained did no more damage than to shoot a hole through the atmosphere, for it was aimed at the time at the sky.
He stood alongside, and held his musket in readiness, so that in case the first leaden missile failed to finish old Bruin he might join in the affair.
Far in the distance can be seen the flashes of the enemy's guns, each of which may mean the despatch of a missile bringing death and pain in its track.
The overall cost of introducing ATLAS into our armed forces will average $35 million per missile on the firing line.
The parallel progress in the intercontinental ballistic missile effort will be advanced by our plans for acceleration.
This year we are investing an aggregate of close to $7 billion in missile programs alone.
The "bomber gap" of several years ago was always a fiction, and the "missile gap" shows every sign of being the same.
Second, our military missile program, going forward so successfully, does not suffer from our present lack of very large rocket engines, which are so necessary in distant space exploration.
The Arias intercontinental ballistic missile program has been marked by rapid development as evidenced by recent successful tests.
This means nuclear submarines and cruisers; improved anti-submarine weapons; missile ships; and the like.
All this is given only as a matter of history; as a record of our progress in space and ballistic missile fields in no more than four years of intensive effort.
At this moment, the consensus of opinion is that we are probably somewhat behind the Soviets in some areas of long-range ballisticmissile development.
The development of the submarine-based Polaris missile system has progressed so well that its future procurement schedules are being moved forward markedly.
Missile training units have been established and launching sites are far along in construction.
During the past year, our long-range striking power, unmatched today in manned bombers, has taken on new strength as the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile has entered the operational inventory.
And, best of all, thus far no missile from that popping mitrailleuse of the German had done serious damage to the vitals of his plane.
He had started to drop rapidly when, at almost ten thousand feet altitude, his motor was struck by a missile from a rival pilot's gun.
The smaller missile has all the impetus given the larger one, but without its weight.
The Germans have evolved a big gun, that is big as regards length, to enable the missile they fire from it to gain enough impulse from the powder.
The time of the arrival of one of the shells coincides almost to the minute with the time that would elapse after the missile was sent on its way, and this was when you saw the queer flashes.
Of course at that height there was very little air resistance, which probably accounted for the ability of the missile to go so far.
But the missile would be too large to travel all the way to Paris.
The outer case is made in two or more pieces, and soon after it is shot out it falls away, leaving the smaller missile to travel on.
In other words the German cannon had to shoot in a curve thirty-five miles upward to have the missile fly to Paris.
Now of course the lighter a missile is, the farther it will go, in comparison to a heavy one with the same force behind it.
That is a cannon not so much a monster in bore, as in length and in its power to impel a missile nearly eighty miles.
You know, in general, that the more powder you use, and the larger the surface of the missile which receives it, the greater distance it can be thrown, providing your angle of elevation is proper.
Oto sharply; and in a moment a long, black, cigar-shaped missile leaped from the bows of his ship toward the Russian leviathan.
The idea of a boat that shall move under water and discharge its missile at a hostile ship is by no means a new one.
Falling, the missile was in the path of the mail ship.
Another wailing missile took the sky, and a moment later a screaming plane answered, tearing down the night.
I'm nearly at the solution now, and to have to stop and work on bomb sightings and missile trajectories .
The missile struck him in the jugular; he fell forward, and his blood flowed among the dishes on the cloth.
Then I must stagger below to take the time, reading the chronometer with dizzy eyes, and marvelling the while what value there could be in observations taken in a ship launched (as ours then was) like a missile among flying seas.
He made one mistake: he forgot to take into consideration the refractive properties of water, and consequently the missile struck the surface too far in the wake of the torpedo to affect its direction.
Obediently the cruiser swung round, narrowly escaping a high explosive missile that, had she maintained her course, would have played havoc with her fo'c'sle.
Somewhat resembling a shrapnel, the missile was packed with short lengths of chain and charged with a high explosive.
Fully expecting the missile to strike fairly amidships and immediately under the bridge the three officers scurried to the starboard side, Kenneth being assisted by his chum as he lurched across the steeply shelving planks.
More, the fragments of the exploded missile had put out of action all the crew of the fore quick-firer.
This missile was followed by salvo after salvo, some forty shells of various calibre raining on the Castle Hill.
From the invisible and now noisy airship, for her engines were making a terrific din, a powerful missile dropped fifty yards abeam of the submarine, and burst with a loud report.
In this instance the trick did not avail, for a well-directed shot from one of the monitor's quick-firers exploded the war-head and sent the missile into a thousand fragments.
In his indignation the seaman began to search the bottom of the boat for a likely missile with which to vent his rage upon the modern pirates; but finding none he folded his arms and awaited events.
The most common form of bomb used in the heavier-than-air machines was pear-shaped, with a whirling tail to keep the missile upright as it falls.
Years before the war broke out, tests were held in Germany and France of the ability of aviators to drop a missile upon a target marked out upon the ground.
Extended like a gigantic and deformed missilelay an iron meteorite before us, the same thing as the Siderites that appear in your Museums on Earth.
The words were hardly out of her mouth before Arnold had crossed to the other side of the deck and sped another missile on its errand of destruction with almost exactly the same result as before.
