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The ship, Yemen says, contained Iranian-made bomb-making material, suicide belts, explosives, rockets, surface-to-air missiles, grenades and ammunition.
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That is because, unlike the rockets currently used to get into orbit, they are air-breathing.
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Unlike conventional rockets that blast off from a pad, air-launched systems similar to the one Mr. Allen wants to put together are designed to deliver a broad range of satellites to space without the constraints of weather or optimal times and locations to try to reach specific orbits.
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The Air Force wants to consider using rockets from a nontraditional provider to launch billion-dollar spy satellites because they are cheaper, even though the startup has had three launch failures in seven tries.
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