"portable" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The threat from portable missiles is one such threat.
- But portable missiles remain a formidable threat to commercial aviation.
- The arrest followed a series of urgent warnings from Bush administration officials that terrorists might use portable missiles against commercial aircraft.
- The use of portable antiaircraft missiles to protect a large, immovable target like a stadium is not unreasonable, several military experts said.
- They're firing portable missiles at us from the ship!
- The worldwide inventory of portable surface-to-air missiles is estimated at 700,000, according to government officials and private weapons specialists.
- "There's always the possibility of these manned portable surface-to-air missiles," the general added.
- The cause of the crash remained unclear, with some officials saying the helicopter appeared to have been shot down by a portable surface-to-air missile.
- But portable missiles were fired at incoming planes several times in recent weeks, one senior official said.
- Moderating security fears is the fact that the portable missiles cannot be fired effectively without training.
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