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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The cruise missiles deployed by Navy warplanes can fly more than twice as far.
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Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Before 2022, Moscow had nearly 60 of these Cold War-era warplanes, designed to carry cruise missiles and nuclear warheads.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Serial numbers on the fragments correspond to a contract for Tomahawk cruise missiles, an AP examination of the imagery showed.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Most of the damage Russia inflicts on Ukraine, however, is caused by cruise missiles that can be intercepted with European arms, such as SAMP/T and IRIS-T missiles, and most Russian ballistic missile strikes are against targets that are not defended by Patriots.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
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Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Before 2022, Moscow had nearly 60 of these Cold War-era warplanes, designed to carry cruise missiles and nuclear warheads.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Serial numbers on the fragments correspond to a contract for Tomahawk cruise missiles, an AP examination of the imagery showed.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Most of the damage Russia inflicts on Ukraine, however, is caused by cruise missiles that can be intercepted with European arms, such as SAMP/T and IRIS-T missiles, and most Russian ballistic missile strikes are against targets that are not defended by Patriots.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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