ICBM

intercontinental ballistic missile.
Also, I.C.B.M.
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ICBM
 
—abbreviation for
intercontinental ballistic missile: a missile with a range greater than 5500 km

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Word Origin & History

ICBM
1955, acronym for Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile.
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ICBM
intercontinental ballistic missile
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