Assertion: rocket | /r/CapableOf | become important
Facets:
value: militarily
type: MANNER
value: as modern intercontinental ballistic missiles
type: OTHER
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Rockets became extremely important militarily as modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) when it was realized that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket vehicle were essentially impossible for existing defense systems to stop once launched, and launch vehicles such as the R-7, Atlas, and Titan became delivery platforms for these weapons.