In the form of rocket engines they are used for fireworks, model rocketry, spaceflight, and military missiles.

Now I doubted it, for it would have meant the end of the pirate ship, possible complete destruction by a military missile.

Derivations of this guidance are used for today's military missiles.

The policy also includes converting some military missiles to launch satellites and developing unmanned vehicles that can be modified later to carry astronauts.

The technology for that task came from a Hughes Electronics video-recognition technology developed to guide military missiles to their targets.

Eisenhower also feared that he might cause an international incident and be called a "Warmonger" if he were to use military missiles as launchers.

Another consideration was that the Navy proposal used civilian sounding rockets rather than military missiles, which were considered inappropriate for peaceful scientific exploration.

On a broader level, though, the issue is whether the American experts conveyed technical information that the Chinese could also apply to their military ballistic missiles.

The Russian booster was a former military missile known as Start-1, named for the arms treaty that helped make it obsolete.

Ukrainian officials, who initially denied suggestions that a military missile had accidentally shot down the plane, were gingerly backing off their contention late today.