What is "launches"

Usage examples of "launches".

Israelis do not want to take a chance and want us to deploy a big ground force in western Iraq to keep the number of Scud launches against them to the absolute minimum.

Meanwhile, the Israelis would demand that we put a division in western Iraq to preclude Scud launches against Israel.

Iraq, the most Saddam could do would be to sneak one or two launches at Israel, and even this would be difficult.