And with threats to launch yet more missiles, and perhaps now something more to prove, this dangerous game may not yet be over.

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There are still swarms of Wall Street lobbyists who will launch a fusillade of threats against newly elected senators, who will still need to raise tens of millions to get re-elected.

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At the launch party in the Science Museum last night, the Foreign Secretary William Hague told us the conference would launch an important dialogue on the threats and opportunities of cyberspace - what he called the big Issues, "the Vision, the Hopes, the Fears".

BBC: Lost in cyberspace

And part of what the President will announce tomorrow, of that review that led to the executive order, is to launch an initiative aimed at responding faster and more effectively to those public health threats.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The Navy is developing N-UCAS as a stealthy, carrier-based unmanned aircraft that would allow Carrier Strike Groups to operate effectively from outside the envelope of enemy missile threats and could act as a prime hunter against missiles and their launchers before and after launch.

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