cruise missile
noun
: a guided missile that has a terrain-following radar system and that flies at moderate speed and low altitude
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The price point is significantly lower than that of long-range cruise missiles, which can cost several million dollars each.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
The strategic cruise missiles flew along preset trajectories over waters off the country’s west coast for 10,199 seconds and 10,203 seconds — around 2 hours and 50 minutes each — before striking their targets, the state news agency said.
—Heesu Lee, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
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More than a dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from a Navy ship, according to The New York Times citing an unnamed military official, hitting two insurgent camps in the northwest Sokoto State of Nigeria.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
The battleships will be armed with new nuclear-capable cruise missiles to be launched from 12 cells on board.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
The strategic cruise missiles flew along preset trajectories over waters off the country’s west coast for 10,199 seconds and 10,203 seconds — around 2 hours and 50 minutes each — before striking their targets, the state news agency said.
—Heesu Lee, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Read More: How to Actually Stop the Violence in Nigeria
More than a dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from a Navy ship, according to The New York Times citing an unnamed military official, hitting two insurgent camps in the northwest Sokoto State of Nigeria.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
The battleships will be armed with new nuclear-capable cruise missiles to be launched from 12 cells on board.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cruise missile
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