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ballistic missile
noun
- any missile that, after being launched and possibly guided during takeoff, travels unpowered in a ballistic trajectory.
ballistic missile
noun
- a missile that has no wings or fins and that follows a ballistic trajectory when its propulsive power is discontinued
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Inter-continental ballistic missiles, the descendants of those earlier V-2s, are designed to carry thermonuclear payloads into space before crashing back to Earth with catastrophic effect.
The submarine-launched missiles, the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the land-based leg of the triad, the bombers — all of these are aging.
He was an advocate of nuclear arms control and led opposition to Bush’s plan for a ballistic missile defense system on grounds that it was too untested to warrant expensive implementation.
The most fantastical, and least attainable, vision for directed energy set out by the Air Force is using it to thwart ballistic missiles.
Both Ri and Pak were major figures in the program for test-firing ballistic missiles and developing nuclear warheads, which has been out of the news of late while Kim tries to fire up his economy.
Russia is also working on new a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines to operate under the ice caps.
Instead Israel embarked on building an anti-tactical ballistic missile program called Arrow.
Imagine a plane fast enough to catch up with an invading ballistic missile and shoot it down.
The parallel progress in the intercontinental ballistic missile effort will be advanced by our plans for acceleration.
The Arias intercontinental ballistic missile program has been marked by rapid development as evidenced by recent successful tests.
The new M-X missile program to enhance our land-based intercontinental ballistic missile force continues to make progress.
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