Meanings of become a launchpad in English

Western powers are concerned that Mali's vast and lawless Saharan desert could become a launchpad for international militant attacks.

Fearing the zone had become a launchpad for hardline Islamist attacks, Paris dispatched thousands of troops who scattered Islamist rebels.

A French-led military intervention in early 2013 scattered the insurgents, after Paris said the Islamist enclave could become a launchpad for terror attacks on Europe.

The aim of the foreign intervention is to prevent northern Mali from becoming a launchpad for international attacks by al Qaeda and its allies.

Moscow - President Putin said yesterday Russia was determined to crush Chechnya's rebels in order to stop the region becoming a launchpad for terrorist attacks.