Battlements project over the gatehouse, and would have allowed defenders to rain missiles on attackers immediately below.

Walkways along the tops of the curtain walls allowed defenders to rain missiles on enemies below, and battlements gave them further protection.

Again and again, the People's Army rained missiles upon points in Russia, Europe, and North America.

Finally there was the threat that Israel would not agree to stay out of the fighting, as it did during the gulf war even when Iraq rained missiles on Israel.

In two airstrikes that further damaged an already fragile Middle East peace plan, Israeli helicopters today rained missiles on cars carrying Hamas militants.

Fear of Implosion Militarily, the most immediate threat to the United States-Soviet relationship is not the possibility of one side's suddenly raining nuclear missiles on the other.

The Byzantine light troops played a prominent role in the battle; posted on high ground they are described as raining missiles down onto the near helpless Seljuqs.

Raining missiles on the defenders, the towers allowed the Roman soldiers beneath to complete their siege works, heightening the ramp until it surpassed the city walls.

But to rain missiles on Kensho assumes the missiles can reach the surface of the planet.

Rather than pursue the offenders, the allied U.S. and British pilots rained bombs and missiles on unrelated Iraqi radar, missile, and communications facilities.