Word: intercepting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would be shot down before it reached its target: "Today . . . American planes by day or by night and at all speeds and altitudes which the B-36 can operate on military missions, can locate the bomber, intercept the bomber, close on the bomber, and destroy the bomber . . . It is folly to assume that a potential enemy cannot do as well . . . The unescorted B-36 is unacceptably vulnerable...
...thing is fairly certain. There is no defensive weapon in sight against rockets like the V-2 that strike down from above the atmosphere at perhaps 3,500 m.p.h. General McNarney admits that a missile fast enough and clever enough to intercept them is years away...
...pouring rain in which there were as many fumbles as Carter makes pills, the "B" team was outrun and outkicked by Bill Jennings, Rivers back, who also seemed to intercept every throw the Yardlings tried. Crimson quarterback Bob Thompson did his best punting and running, but it wasn't enough...
...British complied. Rocket-firing Spitfires strafed guerrilla encampments in the north. Plans were made to drop incendiaries on ricefields in upper Pahang state to deprive the rebels of food. Royal Navy ships patrolled the coasts to intercept gunrunning junks from Siam and South China. More than 20,000 Malay and Gurkha troops, together with regular British units, prepared a ground sweep of the peninsula...
They finally did it. The upset that just eluded the Crimson against Columbia and Holy Cross finally arrived last night. And the 47 to 45 win arrived in about the most exciting manner conceivable, as George Hauptfuhrer leaped up to intercept a Princeton pass in Harvard territory, dribbled to the foul line, and dropped in a perfect set shot to break a 45 to 45 tie with just 35 seconds...