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cruise missile
noun
a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar.
cruise missile
noun
an air-breathing low-flying subsonic missile that is continuously powered and guided throughout its flight and carries a warhead
cruise missile
A military missile equipped with an onboard computer that allows it to guide itself on a preprogrammed course over long distances by sensing the terrain and comparing it to maps stored in its memory. (See smart weapons (see also smart weapons).)
Example Sentences
A cruise missile slammed into this ordinary residential block in the Solomianskyi neighbourhood in the early hours of Tuesday morning, likely travelling at about 500mph.
A total of seven ballistic and cruise missiles were also fired at the capital.
The ministry said Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles were also intercepted over the Black Sea.
Some of the aircraft are seen apparently loaded with cruise missiles and well fuelled - judging by the extent and spread of fires.
The defence system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering "next-generation" aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and cruise missiles.
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