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cruise missile
–noun
| a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar. |
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| cruise missile
n. A guided missile that is launched from a ship or aircraft and serves as a self-contained precision bomb. |
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| cruise missile | |
noun | |
| an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb |
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cruise missile
A military missile equipped with an onboard computer that allows it to guide itself on a preprogrammed course over long distances by sensing the terrain and comparing it to maps stored in its memory. (See smart weapons.)
Note: Cruise missiles first came into public awareness during the Persian Gulf War.
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