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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Its navy test-fired the cruise missile for the first time in December 2024.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Today, just one company supplies the turbofan engines used in most U.S. cruise missiles.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The support China has provided includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, the officials said in April 2024.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
These are the largest, most advanced, and most powerful British attack submarines, the Royal Navy said, capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets on the ground 1,000 miles away.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Today, just one company supplies the turbofan engines used in most U.S. cruise missiles.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The support China has provided includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, the officials said in April 2024.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
These are the largest, most advanced, and most powerful British attack submarines, the Royal Navy said, capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets on the ground 1,000 miles away.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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