rocket launcher

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Noun1.rocket launcher - armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocketrocket launcher - armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
bazooka - a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon
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Translations
lance-roquette
lanciarazzi

rocket launcher

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Cleveland Police revealed the singleuse rocket launcher was brought to them with some 15 firearms, replica guns and ammunition.
Former candidate of provincial assembly Zulfiqar Ali Khan was attacked by rocket launchers and firing at Haripur when he was going home with his niece, fortunately, he and his niece survived in the attack but two pedestrian Naseem and Babar died at the spot and two others including policemen Ashraf sustained critical injuries.
Over the weekend, North Korea announced that it had tested tactical guided weapons and multiple rocket launchers. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) also said that Pyongyang had launched several short-range missiles.
According to a 2016 South Korean defense white paper, the North has 14,100 artillery pieces, including 5,500 multiple rocket launchers, a majority of which have been deployed near the border Pyongyang is known to possess a variety of rocket systems, including 170 mm-caliber self-propelled howitzers and 240 mm multiple rocket launchers that can easily target Seoul and surrounding areas.
It was also said eight Rocket Launcher fire were fired on Armoured Police Carrier [APC] vehicles owing to which two vehicles received damage.
They reportedly end up in Azerbaijan, which is banned from weapons exports.Bratislava airport is used as a transit point for smuggling Czech rocket launchers and howitzers to Azerbaijan, on which a ban on the export of military material was imposed due to its conflict with Armenia.
China's installation of rocket launchers at Kagitingan Reef in the Spratly Islands may be a subject of discussion when officials of the Philippines and China meet for their bilateral consultative mechanism, according to presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella.
\"The police have recovered three shells of the rocket launcher from the Sheikh Jana village,\" he said.
PKK fighters simultaneously attacked a local military base with rocket launchers and rifles, causing no casualties, sources said.
Turkey accused Russia of a "provocation" after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly held a rocket launcher on his shoulder while the vessel passed through Istanbul.
Turkey has summoned Russia's ambassador over images of a Russian soldier "brandishing a rocket launcher" as he traveled through Turkish waters.
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