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单词 cruise missile
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cruise missile

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noun

a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar.

Words nearby cruise missile

cruet, Cruft, Cruikshank, cruise, cruise control, cruise missile, cruiser, cruiserweight, cruise ship, cruiseway, cruising radius
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Example sentences from the Web for cruise missile

  • The U.S. campaign in Yemen has used conventional weaponry on occasion: sorties by Harriers and even some cruise-missile strikes.

    America’s Secret Libya War|John Barry|August 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
  • The cruise-missile attacks were aimed largely at degrading Libya's antiaircraft defenses, which were considerable.

    Why Libyan War Is America's War|Stephen L. Carter|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for cruise missile

cruise missile

noun

an air-breathing low-flying subsonic missile that is continuously powered and guided throughout its flight and carries a warhead
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for cruise missile

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 (see also smart weapons).)

notes for cruise missile

Cruise missiles first came into public awareness during the Persian Gulf War.
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