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 coordinated drone strikes that Ukraine carried out on June 1 took a $7 billion toll on Russia's military and destroyed more than a third of Moscow's strategic cruise missile carriers, including planes capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes had destroyed 34 percent of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
The Tu-95 joined the Soviet Union air force in the 1950s, and Russia has modified them to launch cruise missiles like the Tu-22.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Monday that the Russian army had launched more than 900 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles across Ukraine over the past three days.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 27 May 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes had destroyed 34 percent of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
The Tu-95 joined the Soviet Union air force in the 1950s, and Russia has modified them to launch cruise missiles like the Tu-22.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Monday that the Russian army had launched more than 900 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles across Ukraine over the past three days.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 27 May 2025
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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