They also found a surface-to-air rocket that could take down a helicopter.

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The week-long fighting in Qusair intensified early on Saturday, when activists reported heavy bombardments, including two ground-to-ground missiles and an air strike as well as artillery and rocket fire.

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Armadillo came close to winning the X Prize Foundation's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge last year by flying an alcohol-fueled rocket 150 feet in the air to a landing pad 300 feet away.

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Israel initially relied on air power to attack Hizbullah's rocket-launching crews, and killed hundreds of civilians.

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Its disruptive technology is a novel air-breathing and rocket engine that would enable the ship to go to space in one leap.

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American and Italian soldiers were helping to build and run tent cities for the refugees, even as Apache attack helicopters, multiple rocket-launchers and sophisticated ground-to-air missiles were on their way for possible use against Yugoslavia.

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For others, the issue has been whether Israel's now combined air-, sea- and ground-assault was "proportionate" to the rocket and mortar attacks it has suffered.

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Now he is preparing to launch Starchaser 3A after displaying his home-made rocket at an international air show.

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Israel and militants in Gaza fought an eight-day war in November, which ended with both sides agreeing to desist from air strikes and rocket attacks.

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