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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These include surface-to-air missiles, anti-ballistic missile and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
On Saturday night, Israel and a coalition of allies and partners shot down hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles launched from Iran and by its surrogates in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
The Kazan is said to be a state-of-the-art submarine, part of a new class of vessels intended to replace Russia’s aging Soviet-era nuclear submarines, that are capable of carrying and firing nuclear cruise missiles.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
In fact, most of the major weapons systems deployed by the Reagan administration had actually been approved by Carter: the stealth bomber, the MX mobile missile, and modern cruise missiles among them.
—Stuart E. Eisenstat, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2024
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
On Saturday night, Israel and a coalition of allies and partners shot down hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles launched from Iran and by its surrogates in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
The Kazan is said to be a state-of-the-art submarine, part of a new class of vessels intended to replace Russia’s aging Soviet-era nuclear submarines, that are capable of carrying and firing nuclear cruise missiles.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
In fact, most of the major weapons systems deployed by the Reagan administration had actually been approved by Carter: the stealth bomber, the MX mobile missile, and modern cruise missiles among them.
—Stuart E. Eisenstat, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2024
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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