1.   Thomas had a mission, to destroy the missile and prevent the shapechanger from carrying out his criminal activities.

2.   Even so, raids that hunt down and destroy scud missiles sites were stepped up today.

3.   All those lasers would derive their energy from powerful chemical reactions and destroy the missiles by heating them to high temperatures.

4.   Even if the system destroys the missile, however, the remains could fall on friendly territory and still cause damage.

5.   Enemy missiles could be destroyed as they are rising from their launch pads, high in space or as they are falling back to earth toward their target.

6.   If a deal is reached, the Turks vow to destroy the missiles with air strikes by their US-built and funded jet fighters.

7.   In the case of North Korea, for example, antimissile interceptors would be deployed near the Korean peninsula and destroy North Korean missiles as they ascend.

8.   It was hoped that beams from such devices could reach hundreds of miles through space to destroy enemy missiles in flight.

9.   Most other systems destroy enemy missiles as those missile approach a target.