11.   Asked about reports that China might fire missiles at the island of Taiwan, Forbes said he would defend the self-governing island if such a war developed.

12.   At the peak of the Cold War, it would have been unthinkable for communist North Korea to fire a missile over Japanese territory.

13.   At the three weapons-test sites in the area, he concluded, no missiles had been fired for the previous two years.

14.   Because of the clear skies, about half of those missions actually fired missiles or dropped bombs, Shea said.

15.   Admirals and politicians can sit around smugly and brag about how the Polaris subs helped win the Cold War without firing a missile.

16.   After all, if a missile had been fired at the United States last week, the country responsible would have been obliterated by an American counter-strike hours later.

17.   After the training, the soldiers were required to sign an agreement that they would fire their missiles if ordered to do so.

18.   But for the first time, a Predator on a mission for the CIA fired missiles at targets on the ground.

19.   But Huskey grabbed the ball, turned and fired a missile on one hop to Ordonez at second.