81.   Beijing held war games and launched test missiles near the island during its presidential campaign to curb Taiwanese ambitions for independence.

82.   Berndt said a shoulder-fired missile was launched at the helicopter on its return trip.

83.   Ballistic target missiles would be launched from one part of the range, either from a ground-based site or from an airplane.

84.   Beijing responded by staging menacing war games and test launching missiles near the island off and on for nine months.

85.   Both India and Pakistan maintain a significant naval presence in their territorial waters, with numerous destroyers, frigates and submarines capable of launching anti-ship missiles.

86.   But approving such action without Security Council approval is tantamount to the Air Force launching nuclear missiles without presidential approval.

87.   But it has bridled at U.S. warnings of economic penalties, saying it has a sovereign right to launch a missile.

88.   But the U.S. military denied American or allied planes launched any missiles.

89.   China has launched missiles and staged menacing war games in seas near Taiwan and refused to rule out the use of force to retake the island.

90.   China launched test missiles across the Taiwan Strait and held war games near the island off and on for nine months in an intimidating show of force.