And, by then, the pilots did have a shoot-down order. From Wordnik.com. [Vigilant Widows Wait For Condi With Suspicion] Reference
The question of motive for the shoot-down was still open. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
Israel's military says it was an accident, not a shoot-down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2004] Reference
I remember the shoot-down you were talking about of the drone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2001] Reference
We need that high resolution look-down, shoot-down capability. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic Fire]
STARR: But a shoot-down would be a disaster by any calculation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2002] Reference
We're just getting word on that attempted shoot-down of a spy satellite. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
And I think that goes to the question, too, about the shoot-down authority. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2005] Reference
Q Mr. President, the United States does have confirmation on the shoot-down?. From Wordnik.com. [President Statement On The Cuban Incident] Reference
We're also waiting for word on the attempted shoot-down of a stray satellite. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
As I say, no closer to knowing if yesterday's was mechanical or a shoot-down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007] Reference
The Pentagon refusing to talk about the reported shoot-down as of this morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2001] Reference
Without saying so outright, he indicates that he could order a shoot-down himself. From Wordnik.com. [The General Nobody Knows] Reference
Yesterday's test off Hawaii was the ninth successful shoot-down against two misses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2007] Reference
The timing of the Iraqi shoot-down and the Serbian boomerang couldn't have been worse. From Wordnik.com. [Trial By Unfriendly Fire] Reference
It took about a week to get caught up on family, military careers and shoot-down stories. From Wordnik.com. [Messages From John] Reference
That's where he gave us a briefing, an assessment on the shoot-down of that spy satellite. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
QUESTION: Do you know if the fighter jets -- were they scrambled with shoot-down authority?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2005] Reference
And, in fact, it's been on hold now since April, since the shoot-down of the Bower's plane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2001] Reference
"Adler's met him, during the shuttle talks after the Airbus shoot-down at Taipei," Ryan said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bear and the Dragon]
Details of the previously-unreported shoot-down, which occurred last month, are still sketchy. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
The detailed rationale given by administration officials for the shoot-down makes little more sense. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
The president was giving him instructions to go to DEFCON 3 and to authorize a shoot-down of planes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2008] Reference
It started with a helicopter shoot-down in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, and it turned into much more. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2007] Reference
But the truth was he wanted a real kill, something personal — not a shoot-down observed from miles away. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
But the shoot-down forced him to scale back the small steps toward rapprochement and re-escalate the war of words. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Waters] Reference
I remember prior to my shoot-down -- I flew a couple weeks before -- after the war started before I got shot down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
Obama had ordered US Navy destroyers with anti-missile capability into the area, but did not order the shoot-down. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Obama's Crisis Management: Of Pirates and Missiles] Reference
So while the U.S. has not directly responded to the Taliban claim of the shoot-down, this does seem to rule that out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2001] Reference
It's not absolutely clear whether Cheney's shoot-down order would have gotten through if the plane had kept on coming. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
Q Mr. President, have you made a final decision that there will be no retaliation for the shoot-down of Captain O'Grady?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Availability Of The President] Reference
That was Jonathan Aiken talking about the shoot-down policy of domestic flights, as well as the use of the National Guard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2001] Reference
That would indicate that the impact was on the ground, that there was no mid-air explosion, no shoot-down, no hostile fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2005] Reference
This potential shoot-down order falls to two NORAD regional commanders overseen by the commander-in-chief here of NORAD, Gen. Eberhart. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2001] Reference
According to the latest intel, the Flankers also turned tighter than Tomcats, and had radar equipped with look-down, shoot-down capability. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
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