When her own missile arrived, Rety was calmer than she expected.
This speed was crucial in responding to a preemptive nuclear attack before incoming missiles arrived.
We probably don't have more than twenty-four hours until the first missile arrives.
It was exactly three hours and eighteen minutes until the first nuclear missile would arrive at Rama.
The first missile arrived 14 January 1964 and was placed its silo two days later.
Only the day or night conditions of the image told the watchers in which hemisphere the missiles were arriving.
The missiles roaring down on her would arrive a full twenty seconds before her own did.
The hovertank's rear swung wide as its bow ground against rock, and the missile arrived overhead.
Then the missiles arrived, and she was suddenly too busy even for nasty, pleasant thoughts.