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ballistic missile Definition

ballistic missile

noun

a long-range missile that is propelled to high speed and may be guided for a part of its flight, but is a free-falling object as it approaches its target

ballistic missile Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • pose: Offer the longer-term goal of eliminating the threat posed by ballistic missiles to all the people of the globe.

Converse of object

  • submarine-launch: Over the same period, the Soviet Union built 4 new classes of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and over 60 new missile submarines.
  • intercept: At sea, SM-3 missiles would be launched from Aegis destroyers, to intercept incoming ballistic missiles.
  • develop: Under the UN agreement after the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam is allowed to develop only short-range ballistic missiles.
  • fire: The Americans are also preparing their missiles - Trident ballistic missiles fired from submarines.
  • arm: America faces the possibility of catastrophic attack from ballistic missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction.
  • build: They have continued to build far more intercontinental ballistic missiles than they could possibly need simply to deter an attack.

Adjective modifier

  • intercontinental: They have continued to build far more intercontinental ballistic missiles than they could possibly need simply to deter an attack.
  • short-range: Under the UN agreement after the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam is allowed to develop only short-range ballistic missiles.
  • incoming: At sea, SM-3 missiles would be launched from Aegis destroyers, to intercept incoming ballistic missiles.
  • nuclear: Russian submarines carrying ballistic nuclear missiles went to battle stations.
  • other: Design work for other ballistic missiles over the UN limit of 150km continues.
  • longer-range: Both India and Pakistan are pressing ahead with development and testing of longer-range ballistic missiles and are inducting additional SRBMs into missile units.

Preposition: over

  • limit: Design work for other ballistic missiles over the UN limit of 150km continues.