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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In addition to the Tomahawk cruise missile, the Typhon missile system can launch the Standard Missile-6, which has a range of 290 miles and is designed to conduct anti-air and anti-surface warfare operations as well as ballistic missile defense missions.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
It is also thought to have advanced combat systems and can launch land-attack cruise missiles.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
With the capability of hitting beyond even Moscow, the sophisticated high-precision long-range cruise missile could increase Ukraine’s ability to strike further into Russia and better target not only its military complex, but its oil industry, which has largely funded Putin’s war chest.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Ukraine’s use of Tomahawks — subsonic cruise missiles that can strike targets from 1,000 miles away —would give the country the ability to ramp up its counterattacks on Russia.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
It is also thought to have advanced combat systems and can launch land-attack cruise missiles.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
With the capability of hitting beyond even Moscow, the sophisticated high-precision long-range cruise missile could increase Ukraine’s ability to strike further into Russia and better target not only its military complex, but its oil industry, which has largely funded Putin’s war chest.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Ukraine’s use of Tomahawks — subsonic cruise missiles that can strike targets from 1,000 miles away —would give the country the ability to ramp up its counterattacks on Russia.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cruise missile
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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