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In March, China abruptly declared that it planned to test-fire missiles over the Taiwan Strait, an announcement that produced headlines all over the world and sent a shudder through every country in the region.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In March, China abruptly declared that it planned to test-fire missiles over the Taiwan Strait, an announcement that produced headlines all over the world and sent a shudder through every country in the region.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In March, China abruptly declared that it planned to test-fire missiles over the Taiwan Strait, an announcement that produced headlines all over the world and sent a shudder through every country in the region.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Feb. 24: North Korea declares it will test-fire a rocket believed capable of reaching U.S. territory.
Pyongyang Seeks Peace Pact Ahead of Meeting Evan Ramstad 2011
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The rifle's iron sights are crude, and did appear to be a little out of alignment, but I was so eager to test-fire the rifle, that I rapidly set up my chronograph, positioned myself 20 'away, and fired what I thought was a perfect shot.
Do Chronographs Lie? 2009
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The rifle's iron sights are crude, and did appear to be a little out of alignment, but I was so eager to test-fire the rifle, that I rapidly set up my chronograph, positioned myself 20 'away, and fired what I thought was a perfect shot.
Do Chronographs Lie? 2009
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps started a large-scale, land, sea and air exercise in the Persian Gulf and strategic Strait of Hormuz early Thursday, with state media reporting units would test-fire new missile capabilities during the drill, dubbed "Great Prophet 5."
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*** World-Wide South Korea said it will test-fire artillery in from the island North Korea attacked, in an assertion of its territorial rights and a challenge to Pyongyang's aggression.
What's News 2010
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South Korea said it would test-fire artillery in the next few days from the Yellow Sea island that North Korea attacked last month, in an assertion of its territorial rights and a challenge to Pyongyang's aggression.
World Watch 2010
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Earlier this month at Combat Outpost Ashoqeh, U.S. soldiers thought they were going to watch Afghan soldiers test-fire mortars on a mountain behind their shared base.
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